{"product_id":"9780060529420","title":"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas is coming, and one little girl wants nothing more than a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. But will Santa Claus and her parents make her Christmas wish come true? As shown in his best-selling titles \u003cb\u003eThe Night Before Christmas\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHere Comes Santa Claus\u003c\/b\u003e, no one can portray the holidays better than Bruce Whatley; and he doesit again with \u003cb\u003eI Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe song \"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas\" was written in 1950 by John Rox and became a nationwide hit in 1953 when ten-year-old Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo's first hippopotamus. In December of that year the city received Matilda the hippo for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060281721072,"sku":"9780060529420","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060529420_p0.jpg?v=1763618648","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060529420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}