What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

A young hippopotamus shows his father the right way to do things, such as getting dressed, watering the flowers, and especially giving big hugs.

Though their friendship is often tested, George and Martha survive with a sense of humor.

Hippo visits the library and find stories about knights, pirates, bears, superheroes, and everything she could imagine, but she does not know how she will only choose one book to take home with her.

Bertie wants to be just like Daddy and drink coffee, shave, and use a credit card, but all he ever hears is "When you're bigger..." or "when you grow up...". At last the tables are turned when Bertie plays with his trains, and Daddy wants to be just like Bertie.

Five brief episodes about two friends, George and Martha, who happen to be hippopotamuses.

When a little purple hippo cannot find the mate for her red sock, she tries everything in her sock drawer in order to be fashionable--or at least to match.

Five episodes chronicle the ups and downs of a special friendship.

It is raining but Fiona the baby hippo still wants to hang out with her good friends at the zoo, so when Flamingo stops by Hippo Cove for a visit she brings her big umbrella.