Zippo is fed up with being an ordinary hippo. He wants to have a super power – something exciting, something amazing, something BIG! But being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren’t considered superpowers. Perhaps he can learn to fly like his best friend Roxi the oxpecker. But who’s ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one with such a big bottom . . . From the bestselling author/illustrator pairing of You’re Called What?!, Kes Gray and Nikki Dyson, Zippo the Super Hippo is fantastically funny, and this big-bottomed superhero will be flying into children’s imaginations everywhere!

Kes Gray is an author of more than fifty booksfor children of all ages, including the acclaimed Daisy series illustrated byNick Sharratt and Garry Parsons. As well as winning the Red House Children’sBook Award for Eat Your Peas, Billy Bucketand Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos, Kes was noted by TheIndependent as one of the top ten children’s authors in the UK only ayear after publishing his first book. He is also the author of Zippo the Super Hippo illustrated by Nikki Dyson andthe bestselling OiFrog! illustrated by Jim Field. Kes lives in Essex with his wife, children andan assortment of animals.