Hippo was hot and thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water. So he walked and ran and strolled until he came to the mountain where Ngai lived. Hippo pleaded and eventually Ngai agreed. Hippo could live in the water but only if he did not eat the fish and came onto the land at night. The authors have written "Greedy Zebra" and "Crafty Chameleon" in the same series.
Author Biography
Author: Mwenye Hadithi was born in Nairobi in a rambling brick and wood house surrounded by ten acres. His early life was full of animals. He attended London University, studying languages and foreign literature. When his first attempts at short stories and radio plays were sold immediately, he decided to be the next great African Writer. Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway moved from Kenya to London when she was 15 to study at the Ealing School of Art. Later she attended L'Academia de Belle Arte in Rome. It was on her return to Kenya that she began illustrating the picture books that have made her well known.
Reviews
An ethnic folk-tale bursting with colour and vitality. -- Nursery World
