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The First Hippo on the Moon

By: David Walliams
Narrated by: David Walliams
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About this listen

Number one best-selling author David Walliams presents this explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 and up. Hilariously read by the author himself. Warning: very silly sound-effects included!

Two big hippos.

One enormous dream.

Who can make it to the moon first?

3...2...1....

BLAST OFF!

Introducing a wonderfully charming and funny new picture book from two superstars!

©2014 David Walliams (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Comedy Funny

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Critic reviews

"Another triumph for David Walliams. His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air." (The Sun)

"A triumphant mix of wit and warmth." (Telegraph Books of the Year)

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david walliams never fails to entertain on our house. this story is lovely and my 5 year old loves listening to it

perfect bedtime listening

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We got this book free with sun perks and couldn't wait to lister not it. It is very funny. I wish it was longer. I have several of these books that I read to my children at bed time.they adore them, he really draws you in with his characters.

David walliams

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My kids love Shila. David Walliams interpretation is excellent although few words are incomprehensible.

super funny and very well interpreted.

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from David Walliams, along the lines of Roal Dahl. I thought my granddaughters would enjoy this, but it's just gutter humour. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but this is for the delete button.

I expected better.

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We’ve had a few of David Williams’ audio books before now. They’re always performed with David’s style, with voices similar to characters from Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, which is good to listen to. Normally his books would be long enough to last us a number of car journeys, but this one was incredibly short... build rocket in 3 steps, blast off, arrive at moon by accident, get in wrong rocket by accident and land back on earth, with no more substance than that - very disappointed.

Incredibly short

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