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[seventiesgirl]

Hi everyone! I just found this website today and if someone can help me solve this book mystery I would be so happy! I was born in the late seventies so I'm not sure if this book was written and illustrated before or after I was born. It seems to my recollection that my mystery book did not have many pages and I think the illustrations may have only been in black.and white or a couple other colors. But the story had to do with animals who for some reason build rounded dome like homes. It seems to me that a large animal like a hippo was used to shape them. I think they used cement or mud around the hippo and then let them dry. What I remember most are the illustrations where you could see the animals in their individual and maybe connected homes decorating them the way they wanted. As I grew up and would draw and doodle more amd.more I would draw homes of various shapes and I would then make rooms and decorate them. This mystery book inspired my imagination as did so many others. If you know any info on this story please help me solve this mystery. Thank you for your time!🙂👍🥰❤

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Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! That was the book! Thank you so much! The illustrations are even more colorful than I had remembered. How did you figure this out so quickly? Thank you!!!!🥰❤❤❤❤

Re: Thank you!

[rydra_wong]

Your description rang a bell and I remembered it from my childhood too! I just dredged up a vague memory that it was called "Babapapa" or something like that, and fortunately that was enough to let me track it down.