Charlie, his brother Colin, and their younger sister Allison are out trick-or-treating. The same boring thing they do every year. However, on this Halloween night, the three siblings discover a crumbling old house that gives Charlie the creeps. Along the way they have to deal with a strange barefooted girl with dark piercing eyes. A snoring Father and too much candy to count. On top of all that, none of them expected that they would be hiding a candy-eating hippo from their parents before the night was over. IT’S A HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE THEY WILL NEVER FORGET. Easy to read, "The Halloween Hippo" is a spooky adventure with lots of goofy fun. Mixed in with colorful pictures, it's a story that kids and their parents can read.