cover image Hip, Hip, Hooray Day!: A Hip & Hop Story

Hip, Hip, Hooray Day!: A Hip & Hop Story

Barney Saltzberg. Harcourt Children's Books, $15 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202495-6

In Barney Saltzberg's Hip, Hip, Hooray Day!: A Hip & Hop Story, the follow-up to The Problem with Pumpkins: A Hip & Hop Story, the titular hippo hopes for a birthday trip to the roller rink. So when his bunny best friend presents unfun surprises like a promise to sort Hip's socks and ""a coupon for tooth polish and floss"" the birthday boy gets mad. (Apr.)