The little girl's mum is having a baby, so she tells her friend the hippopotamus who lives on the roof and eats cake. 'He knows everything about babies.' In fact, he knows everything about everything, and he never laughs at silly questions. The baby doesn't have a name yet, but everyone is trying to think of one, including the hippopotamus. When the little girl sees the baby, she says it is 'red, squashy and beautiful' Daddy told me the baby's name, and it's just right.' The hippopotamus saves some cake for the baby to have later. Big, bright, simple pictures and large print. Great fun for imaginative children.