HIPPO ANIMATIONS
A fantasy adventure by Cathy Phipps

Enter The Land
of Green.

Everybody knows the song.
Nobody knows the truth.

Meet Henny Hippo in a kingdom of royal secrets, unexpected love, and a curse that changes everything.

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The Land of Green by Cathy Phipps: King Carl and Queen Wanda beside a pond, with a witch reflected in the water.
The Land of Green

A fairy tale with
a surprising twist.

Henny Hippo is a beloved star. But when Wendy Walrus asks where she really came from, the spotlight turns toward a hidden past.

A vanished king. A queen with a dark secret. A cursed prince. And a kingdom where every hippo is in danger.

Fantasy, humor, and adventure come together in a story that began on stage and grew into a screenplay and a novel.

Meet the cast

Behind the magic.

Henny Hippo

A celebrated performer whose past holds more than her audience ever imagined.

King Carl & Queen Wanda

Royal romance and hidden darkness lie at the heart of the kingdom’s story.

Derek

A prince living under a curse, with a future that reaches beyond appearances.

What kind of story is The Land of Green?

A fractured fairy tale with a celebrity-scandal twist, combining human characters with a world of cartoon fantasy.

The creator

Cathy Phipps

Author and creator of The Land of Green. Her story has taken shape as a stage play, an animated feature screenplay, and a novel—bringing the same imaginative world to different audiences.

Hippo Animations is home to her Land of Green creations.

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