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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party
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'Only three sleeps to go and then it's my birthday!

'There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake.

'It's his birthday, too. We are going to have our party together.

'A jungle party.

'And all our friends can come in animal costumes.

'The hippo is back to celebrate his 30th birthday with a brand-new book! Join him and his friends for a jungle-inspired celebration full of games and lots of jungle-party treats!' (From the publisher's website.)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Chinese.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2010 .
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      Extent: 36p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 March 2010.
      ISBN: 9780670072637 (hbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake and Other Stories Hazel Edwards , Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2011 29085963 2011 selected work picture book children's Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2011
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2014 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: July 2014

      ISBN: 9780143502968 (paperback)
Alternative title: 好耶! 我家屋顶上有只河马在开生日派对
Transliterated title: Hao ye! wo jia wu ding shang you zhi he ma zai kai sheng ri pai dui
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

In Praise of Anecdultery Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 42 no. 1 2010; (p. 29-30)
Old Friends Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 69-70)

— Review of Grug and the Circus Ted Prior , 2010 single work picture book ; Grug Learns to Read Ted Prior , 2009 single work picture book ; There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards , 1980 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book ; The Boy and the Toy Sonya Hartnett , 2010 single work picture book ; Flame Stands Waiting Corinne Fenton , 2010 single work picture book ; Little Dog Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; An ABC of Pirates Caroline Stills , 2010 single work picture book
No More Tears before Bedtime Aleesah Darlison , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Molly's Memory Jar Norma Spaulding , 2010 single work picture book ; Tatiara Jo Oliver , 2010 single work picture book ; Snug As a Hug : An Australian Lullaby Marcia Kay Vaughan , 2010 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book
All Your Old Favourites Amanda Horswill , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010; (p. 23)
Discusses Australian picture books and other picture books out of AustLit scope that parents enjoyed in their childhood.
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 April 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 April 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book
No More Tears before Bedtime Aleesah Darlison , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 June 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Molly's Memory Jar Norma Spaulding , 2010 single work picture book ; Tatiara Jo Oliver , 2010 single work picture book ; Snug As a Hug : An Australian Lullaby Marcia Kay Vaughan , 2010 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book
Old Friends Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 69-70)

— Review of Grug and the Circus Ted Prior , 2010 single work picture book ; Grug Learns to Read Ted Prior , 2009 single work picture book ; There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards , 1980 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book ; The Boy and the Toy Sonya Hartnett , 2010 single work picture book ; Flame Stands Waiting Corinne Fenton , 2010 single work picture book ; Little Dog Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; An ABC of Pirates Caroline Stills , 2010 single work picture book
All Your Old Favourites Amanda Horswill , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010; (p. 23)
Discusses Australian picture books and other picture books out of AustLit scope that parents enjoyed in their childhood.
In Praise of Anecdultery Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 42 no. 1 2010; (p. 29-30)
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