When the hippos' river dries up and they move into the elephants' river, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, investigates. He discovers the hippos' dry river could be fixed if the hippos and elephants drop their prejudices and work together.

Little Hippo wears a fireman's hat and pedals his toy truck through the jungle while performing imaginative rescues, only to discover a real fire and raise a heroic alarm.

As the zoo talent show begins, a discouraged young hippo happily discovers that God has blessed her with a talent--and some very good friends.

Friends Hippo and Rabbit spend the day together having breakfast, playing on the swings, and waiting for a thunderstorm to end.

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

Harry the Hippo loves playing hide and seek, but his size makes it difficult to hide behind objects at the beach.

A bored hippopotamus cheers up after blowing mud fountains with Aunty, stretching for leaves with Giraffe, playing games with Monkey, and jumping into a cool lake with Mommy and Daddy.

A cautious mouse named Tiny gives advice to his best friend, an exuberant hippopotamus named Penelope, on such things as what to wear and what to take for show-and-tell on the first day of school.

"When Hippo saves Mouse after he falls into the lake, Mouse paints his new friend's portrait to thank him"-- Provided by publisher.

When Duck and Hippo go for a walk in the rain, they have trouble sharing Duck's umbrella that sends one of the friends flying up into the air.