Join Kipper for lots of fun activities - dot-to-dot, colouring in, games and spot-the-difference. With a special pull-out section!
Mick Inkpen is now one of the top-selling picture book artists and writers in the world. The Kipper and Wibbly Pig stories have sold millions worldwide. He is the winner of the British Book Award for the best illustrated book, for Lullabyhullabaloo, and the Children's Book Award for Threadbear. Kipper won a BAFTA for best animated children's film in 1998.
PreS-Gr 2-- Kipper the puppy cleans out his old basket, throwing out his smelly blanket, soggy bone, and ragged stuffed rabbit. When he can't get comfortable, he then tries out the resting places of animals he comes across. After several unsuccessful attempts to emulate others, he decides that his basket and old familiar things are best of all. While the no-place-like-home story is nothing new, it is well done. Preschoolers will enjoy the pup's attempts to get cozy in flowerpots and on lilypads. Inkpen's watercolor illustrations are deceptively simple. They are playful and humorous, yet the composition is strong, showing a lot of movement. His use of color is subdued and very effective; the soft-edged drawings give Kipper character. Children will adore him. --George Delalis, Oakland Pub . Lib . , CA
Inkpen's flair for creating affable animal characters is again evident in this brief tale of a dog who, in a fit of housecleaning, clears his stuffed rabbit, ball, bone and ``smelly old blanket'' out of his basket. But unable to get comfortable in his empty sleeping quarters, he ventures outdoors to find a new resting place. Kipper attempts to squeeze into a flowerpot, where some wrens have nested; make a nest of sticks, just like the squirrels; snuggle down in the grass, alongside a sheep; and balance, frog-like, on a lily pad. Finally the frustrated pooch rushes indoors, where he hides under ``his lovely old smelly blanket'' and curls up amid his well-worn possessions. With its large print and short, perky sentences, this warmhearted, there's-no-place-like-home story is well suited for beginning readers. It's also a satisfying read-aloud for littler ones. Ages 3-8. (Apr.)
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