Hazel Edwards
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Hazel Edwards:
Why is 'Ho!Ho!Ho! There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Christmas Cake' going to be the last in the series?
Hazel Edwards
It was almost 40 years ago when the original 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake' was published, and the last 'Ho!Ho!Ho!...' is the seventh in what became an unintended series. The big imaginary hippo friend offers reassurance to young children at important first-time events, like starting school, going to hospital or a new baby in the family. The 4 year old who inspired the originally book is now a new father with his own son. And although there has been a film, a musical, and thousands of imaginative cakes plus unique fan mail sent to the hippo which I have had to answer in character, maybe it's time to let the picture books just remain as favourites. I have written many non-hippo books and maybe it's time to write something different for my new grandson and start a new tradition. It's wonderful that there are now many three generational families for whom the cake-eating hippo is their favourite and grandparents share. Hippo has also moved across cultures via Braille, Auslan signing, Mandarin, Japanese and I'd love it to move into Spanish... or French...or Icelandic
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