Ernie the Easter hippopotamus
Subtitle: a comic adventure for anytime
By: story and pictures by Glenn Logan Reitze.
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Fine Arts Editions from North American International
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Penn Laird, VA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 47
ISBN-13: 9780882650401
Subjects: Children's picture book; Animals -- Fiction; Easter Bunny -- Fiction; Hippopotamuses - Fiction; African animals; Illustrated books; Illustrated childrens' books
Genres: Children's picture book
First sentence: When Ernie was just a small hippopotamus, he was very much like all other hippopotamuses.
Description: A wild tall tale a young hippopotamus who has a very special talent -- making brightly colored, "naturally hard-boiled" eggs. This gets him into big trouble with the other hippopotamuses, and he is forced to leave on a journey that eventually brings him to America.  His work mistakenly gets credited to the "Easter Bunny."  But Ernie, happy to have his eggs enjoyed, spends all year in the swamps of New Jersey making beautiful eggs for children.
Notes: This title was subject to a cataloging error by the Library of Congress, in the CIP Division, which misspelled the final word of the title as "Hippotamus."  Since then, it has proven almost impossible to correct this misspelling, which is in hundreds of records throughout the country.