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Hip Hippo Hooray! This famous hippo is helping kids fall asleep and helping to support the Cincinnati Zoo

Ohio author illustrator Richard Cowdrey never gets tired of drawing his favorite animal on the planet: Fiona the hippo, the 3-year-old media sensation who resides at the world-famous Cincinnati Zoo. The hippo, now a toddler, came into the world at just 29 pounds, born 6 weeks prematurely. It was touch and go for a while as the average weight of a newborn hippo is 55-120 pounds. Fiona received round-the-clock care from the zoo’s animal care staff, dubbed “Team Fiona,” and even some care from nurses at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. 

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