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Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure

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This book is great! It creatively and humorously takes you through the alphabet with adorable illustrations and fun topics. Kipper and Arnold start at A and meet their Zebra friend at Z, encountering many creatures along the way. Not your typical "A is for apple book," These hosts introduce words like volcano and "No, Not now!" This book can and should definitely be used for children younger than five...a great way to start introducing reading to toddlers! Mick Inkpen has done it again with this wonderful book!

Ages 3-6 and older children with spatial/visual deficits. Kipper, a sweet little brown dog, and his pink pig friend, Arnold, wander from A to Z finding creatures and things to represent each letter of the alphabet and its sound. Starting with ant, buzzing bumblebee and crawly caterpillar, the pair amuses themselves by seeking out objects for each letter in sequence. The large book format gives enough space for the simple watercolor figures to be silhouetted on a white background along with big, black text with the letter at issue in even bigger, bolder black. Children, even as young as 3 or those with spatial and visual learning deficits, will be hard pushed to miss the letter and its representative, and the sound of each letter is often repeated in descriptive words highlighting it to listening ears. Not only does the book teach the letters and their sounds, but many humorous touches make it multileveled for older children and fun for adults. Such as when Kipper and Arnold cannot find an item for the letter k, older readers will shout out proudly,[KIPPER!] Or, the reappearing zebra who continually wonders when it?s his turn, will bring giggles because everyone knows zebra always comes last at Z. A gentle, sometimes silly wander through the alphabet.

A really nice book that covers each letter of the alphabet. It has easy-to-read large print and clean, tidy drawings of some of the familiar Kipper characters (mainly Kipper and Arnold).
My only objection is that the edition I have has some Americanisms, like ladybug, instead of ladybird (I suppose because the publisher, Red Wagon Books, an imprint of Harcourt, is US-based). That doesn't go with the very English Kipper of the animated series. But aside from that, it's a lovely book.

Although these books are officially aged from two to five years old, we believe that reading to your children should start long before that. Our six month old baby girl loves the Kipper cartoon series as well as the books. This particular book is an easy way to start your child learning his or her ABC's. We feel that the Kipper series is very well balanced as Kipper is not always the hero, nor is he always found to be the one at fault. It is a very calming book that captures both interest and imagination of our child. We are on our way to collecting the whole series of books, including the series of board books. Although this is not a board book, with help, young children can enjoy it immensely.

My 2 year old son loves the Kipper videos, so we thought we would buy him a Kipper book. The text and illustrations are great - cute and fun, and for fans of Kipper, they don't disappoint. We thought it would be better to pay extra for the hardcover version, thinking it would last longer. However, after 2 weeks of use, the binding has fallen apart, and we can't get the pages back in. Also, my son was not the one handling the book, only his parents, so we know that it wasn't used in a rough manner. Save your money and buy the paperback.

I loved the Kipper A to Z Alphabet Adventure for my toddler. The Kipper illustrations are some of my favorites; they are sweet and gentle. This book is positioned more as a first alphabet book for toddlers. There are only one or two concepts with each letter. However, this is a book with paper pages as opposed to a toddler's board book.

My 4-year-old enjoyed going through the book once but she wasn't interested in multiple readings.

This is one of the best abc books we have. The story is charming. They print both capital and lower case letters for each letter. I'm sure part of the appeal is that my 2 yr old has been watching kipper on netflix and is already familiar with the character. This book is a little more subtle than most of the other abc books we have. It's one to grow with.

My son loves Kipper, and so this book has been a favorite from the start. It's lovely to read, very appropriate, and as an adult reading it over and over, I'm not tired of it yet like some of his other books.

This is the most clever and entertaining way I've seen the alphabet presented. And Kipper is just too cute for words.

My 3 year old daughter loves this book. The book tells a story, with each page emphasizing one letter. ie, Zebra says, "Is it my turn yet?" and Kipper replies, "No, not now!" The bottom of the page then says, "Nn is for No not now". It's a cute book and great for entertaining as well as for introducing a concept of letters.