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28th April - 4th May
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You'll love this because...
Your little one will get to imagine what it’s like to have a hippo as a pet!
Style the illustrations to look like you and your choice of hippo
Names are featured throughout the story, and on the cover
Any Message can be included on the opening page
Add your Photo to the back page of the book
Luxury gift box available to make the gift extra special
Has your little one ever wondered what it would be like to have a hippo as a pet? As the second-largest land animal on Earth, it might be quite impractical to have a real hippo in the house! With our hippo children’s book, kids can create their very own pet hippo to feature in a book alongside them, and delve deep into their imagination!
Your little one can create an avatar that looks exactly like them, choosing their eye color, hair color and their favorite outfit! Their avatar will be featured throughout the book, alongside their Name, which they will also be able to spot on the front cover. They’ll even be able to choose a Name for their pet hippo!
How to Personalize Your Child’s Hippo Book
You can personalize your hippo story book by choosing your child’s Name, creating a Name for their pet hippo, write a special Message for the title page and even upload an optional Photo of them to appear on the back page!
As well as this, you can create your very own avatars of the main character and their pet hippo to feature throughout the pages of the story.
Further Information
Please note: You cannot pick the gender of the pet and throughout the story it will be referred to using gender neutral pronouns.
When entering your personalization, please note that accents, emojis and other symbols can’t be used as our system doesn’t support these. Make sure to double check your spelling!
🌲 Our books are made from responsibly sourced paper from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper manufacturers. 🌎
In The Book wouldn’t be here without its terrific customers. That’s why we care about what you have to say.
We’re constantly researching new materials to create more personalised books, so what you think matters! Tell us your feedback. From finding the book you were looking for to how easy your chosen book was to personalise – every little detail is important, so we can perfect your shopping experience the next time you return!
Henry26 Jan 2021
Poor service and quality
In the Book Team27 Jan 2021
Thank you for your review.
We do apologise that you feel this way.
Your feedback has been taken on board and passed to the relevant department to review in the future.
Please do accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.
If you need to contact the customer service team, please do on 0330 058 0403 or [email protected]k
Kind Regards,
The In The Book Team
COOPER14 Jan 2021
The cartoon looked like my grandaughter, as did the cartoon of my dog fantastic quality
In the Book Team14 Jan 2021
Thank you for your review.
Your feedback is a great review however been put through as 1 star.
If you can advise of anything we can do to improve our services, we would be more than happy to assist and follow up as required.
If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us on 03300669700 or email us at [email protected]
Kind Regards,
The Historic Newspapers Team
COOPER14 Jan 2021
Sorry my mistake meant to be 5 your books are excellent
caroline2 Jan 2021
Lovely item.
Ryan Simmons31 Dec 2020
Great book.
Mr Rob Doig10 Dec 2020
Excellent!
Mayte9 Dec 2020
Beautiful. I loved it!
Kristina Veney26 Nov 2020
I love this book. Can't wait to share it!
Alison Muirhead22 Nov 2020
Lovely book. Excellent that the characters can be changed.
Kellie19 Nov 2020
Product great, customer service appalling.
In the Book Team19 Nov 2020
Thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear this.
We can see that you have been in contact with a member of our Customer Service Team as you have stated that your photo was not included within the book. As the advisor stated, we will process an order as the customer has entered online and on this occasion, unfortunately the photo was not confirmed on the order, therefore we did not have a photo to print within the book.
We are pleased however that you are happy with the product.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenienced caused.
If you need to contact the customer service team, please do on 0330 058 0403 or [email protected]
A beautiful book with original illustrations delivered promptly - just what I had been hoping for.
- J M Turner
Wendy15 Apr 2021
Great gift for a football enthusiast.
Great gift for a football enthusiast.
Mr Birch14 Apr 2021
Fantastic gift for a birthday and good…
Fantastic gift for a birthday and good value for money.
Ann14 Apr 2021
Dinosaur book review
Really pleased with the personalised dinosaur book I had for my 1yr old neighbour! It’s so colourful and having his name everywhere possible is absolutely brilliant. I’m sure he will love it for many years to come.
Bruce Evans14 Apr 2021
Excellent book including further items…
Excellent book including further items I was not expecting, but were brilliant and very exciting to read, my friend who I bought the book for was in tears reading it. Well worth it and would recommend it
Annette O Connor14 Apr 2021
I bought 2 books for my grandchildren…
I bought 2 books for my grandchildren which I am delighted with. I love the personalisation of them. I knew they were going to be personalised but not to the extent that they were with their names on every page. The quality of the books is great as well. Each page is a lovely quality and hopefully childproof!! I received them very quickly in the post as well. I had both of them within 10 days and that included Easter and a weekend. Many thanks
margaret macnamara13 Apr 2021
Really really happy with book.......and…
Really really happy with book.......and i am sure as our great grandaughter grows up she will love it as well...so its off on its travels to denmark soon.
Felicity Jackson13 Apr 2021
Nice product but too late
The product is nice but the book arrived several days after the last delivery date it was supposed to (and without an apology or warning), so I missed occasion, despite having ordered it in plenty of time.
In the Book Team15 Apr 2021
Thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear that your item was not delivered when stated.
Looking at your order, we can see that your item was dispatched on the 3rd working day of ordering on your chosen shipping service, Royal Mail 48. Due to the pandemic, Royal Mail have confirmed on their website that there are currently some disruptions in certain areas and therefore parcels might be delayed. To be in line with Royal Mail, we have stated on email confirmations that there is a slight possibility you may experience some orders being 1 or 2 days late during this pandemic. We do apologise for this, unfortunately this is something that is out of our control.
From your tracking information, this confirms that your item was delivered 2 working days later than we had originally quoted.
We hope upon receipt, you were happy with the product ordered.
Please do accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.
Kind Regards,
The In The Book Team
Claire Johnstone13 Apr 2021
Excellent easy to use website
Excellent easy to use website, book came quickly and looks amazing. Gave as a 70th present and they were very happy with it
Customer Helen12 Apr 2021
A special gift for the sports fan in your life
This is the second book I have bought as gifts and they have been a huge success. They are good quality, fast service and a very interesting different gift for an enthusiast.
Maureen Pringle12 Apr 2021
Great book for a football fanatic!!
I love this book I've bought for my husband's 60th later this year who is Newcastle United mad!!!! My only criticism would be that when I placed my order and wrote what I wanted printed I tried to place it so it would be central, but, when it came one of the lines wasn't, thankfully it still looks ok but as a company I thought you would of automatically centralised the printing especially for the price! I bought the most expensive one saying as it's for a special birthday. Good quick service and well packaged though.
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