Kipper (25th Anniversary Edition) Award-winning author by Mick Inkpen (author)

Kipper’s basket is old and worn, so he decides to look for a new place to sleep! Maybe he could build a nest like the squirrels, stand on one leg like the ducks … Or sit on a lily-pad like the frogs? But, eventually, Kipper realises that there’s nowhere quite like his cosy basket, surrounded by all his favourite toys.

With a special gold cover, this charming story will make the perfect gift.

Kipper has been a much-loved picture book character for over 25 years.

“You simply cannot fail to win smiles with a new book about Kipper.” – Daily Mail “The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot.” – Guardian

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444918168

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

July 3rd, 2014

Lexile measure

AD450L

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Mick Inkpen

Mick Inkpen is one of the most popular author/illustrators in the world. His books have sold over 4 million copies, and have been translated into over twenty different languages. His best-loved characters are probably Kipper and Wibbly Pig – who are both stars of their very own TV series!

He began his career as a graphic designer, and worked with another children’s author Nick Butterworth (of Percy the Park Keeper fame) on a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express. In 1989 The Blue Balloon was published to great acclaim, and established him as an important and original voice in children’s picture books. He and his wife, Debbie, also had children of their own by this point: “Without the experience of having children of my own I doubt that I would have been capable of writing effectively for children. And yet it’s true that good work really springs from trying to please yourself”

Mick lives in Essex with his wife and two children.

He began his career as a graphic designer, declining a place to study English at Cambridge University. During this period he worked with Nick Butterworth, a fellow children’s author, from whom he learned design and typography. Together they developed a cartoon strip for the Sunday Express magazine, later to become a first series of children’s picture books. They also worked in children’s television.

In 1989 The Blue Balloon established him as a truly original voice in children’s picture books, by which time Mick and his wife Debbie had two children of their own. “Without the experience of having children of my own I doubt that I would have been capable of writing effectively for children. And yet it’s true that good work really springs from trying to please yourself”