Hazel Edwards

Hazel Edwards, O.A.M., is an award-winning author of books for children and adults. Her beloved picture book series 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake' has been hugely popular for almost forty years, inspiring a musical stage production and a short movie. Hippo gets lots of fan mail.
Awarded the Australian Society of Authors’ Medal in 2009, Hazel has been nominated three times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also the 2021 Australia Reads Ambassador, and received the Monash University Distinguished Alumni award for Education in 2022.

Books by Hazel Edwards

There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake 40th Anniversary Edition

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Ho! Ho! Ho! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Christmas Cake

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus On Our Roof Having a Birthday Party

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Difficult Personalities

Hazel Edwards, Helen McGrath, Dr Helen McGrath & Hazel Edwards,

Hey Hippopotamus, Do Babies Eat Cake Too?

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Guess What? There's a Hippopotamus on the Hospital Roof Eating Cake

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Look, There's a Hippopotamus in the Playground Eating Cake

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

My Hippopotamus is on Our Caravan Roof Getting Sunburnt

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake

Hazel Edwards, Deborah Niland

Stickybeak

Hazel Edwards, Rosemary Wilson

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