The Adventure (Rip Squeak and Friends) (Rip Squeak and Friends) [Hardcover]

Susan Yost Filgate (Author), Leonard Filgate (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Rip Squeak

Rip Squeak and his friends set off on the maiden voyage aboard their ship named Adventure and soon find themselves adrift in a thick, mysterious fog. When disaster strikes and things look grim, the unexpected happens and a new friend saves the day.

Leonard Filgate's richly detailed paintings--which hark back to the work of the great turn-of-the-century illustrators--combine with Susan Yost-Filgate's exciting story to bring this magical world to life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

featuring the museum quality artwork of Leonard Filgate, The Adventure is a thoroughly entertaining, swashbuckling picture book engagingly written by Susan Yost-Filgate. Following the maiden voyage of ship crewed by the brave mouse Rip Squeak and his friend - his sister Jenny, her doll Bunny, Abbey the kitten and Euripides the frog. Together they brave unknown waters and even make a most unlikely new friend within the high seas! The art style brings the charming characters perfectly to life. We can only hope that The Adventure is the debut title of a whole series yet to come featuring the thrilling adventures of this plucky little mouse and his companions. --Midwest Book Review

Leonard and Susan-Yost Filgate have teamed as husband and wife, and as illustrator and writer of a series starring Rip Squeak, a mouse to rival Mickey for sheer fun. His latest is The Adventure in which he and his friends set sail on a local pond and encounter of mysterious monster. The ship and crew are in plenty of danger, but the surprise ending will reveal how much or how little. I guarantee you that, once you have read one Rip Squeak book, you will want to check out Rip Squeak and his Friends along with The Treasure. The illustrations are lush and the story moves along at a brisk pace. This story is just fine for those 4 and up. --Bookviews.com

About the Author

Susan Yost-Filgate grew up in Pennsylvania and received a bachelor's degree in art education from the Pennsylvania State University. Before co-creating the Rip Squeak series with her husband, illustrator, Leonard Filgate, Susan was involved in graphic design, brand licensing, law, education, and writing. This is her first published book.

Illustrator, Leonard Filgate is a self-trained artist. He grew up in San Francisco, California and has been working as a fine artist and illustrator since 1970. In 1997 he began to create the world of RIP SQUEAK® and his art is now known and collected around the world. He has been honored with many accolades, including a one-man major exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum.

The Filgates currently reside in California's Central Valley.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Rip Squeak, Inc.; First edition (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967242290
• ISBN-13: 978-0967242293
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 10.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly entertaining, swashbuckling picturebook, September 14, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventure (Rip Squeak and Friends) (Rip Squeak and Friends) (Hardcover)

"The Adventure, Rip Squeak and Friends" is a wonderful, swashbuckling tale of mouse pirate Rip Squeak and friends, sister Jesse, her doll Bunny, Abbey the kitten and Euripides the frog. Aboard the pond ship the Adventure, Rip and crew encounter a scary, slimy pond monster. However, Rip climbs up a rope to view the submerged monster and manages to fall in the water, only to be note eaten, but rescued by the scary pond monster. It turns out his name is Salvadore and he is not really so scary after all, thanks to a brave discovery by the bold Rip Squeak. The Adventure and her crew are eventually reconciled with their captain and introduced to Salvadore, who becomes their new friend. "The Adventure, Rip Squeak and Friends" is beautifully illustrated with paintings of ship, crew, and monster/friend Salvadore. Children ages 6 and up will love this colorful ship story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pictures are beautiful, but the story is trite, December 27, 2010

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This review is from: The Adventure (Rip Squeak and Friends) (Rip Squeak and Friends) (Hardcover)

While the illustrations are wonderful, I felt the story was not well-done for a child. It was neither depthful nor so child-like that a child could related to it.

When I read it, I feel like the illustrations came first and the story came after just to fill in the blanks. The writing isn't smooth...it's not easy to read and there seems to be a lot of filler language. It's one of the few books I've read to my 4-yr old that I just want to skip sentences because they don't make sense or don't seem to add to the story. :(