Kipper first appeared on four legs in the Mick Inkpen timeless picture book The Blue Balloon. This picture book, Kipper, first published in 1991 made him the star of the show and he's been going from strength to strength ever since. Kipper's world is a world where anything can happen and he has enormous child appeal. He is a classic picture character now, loved by children the world over in the same way that Thomas the Tank or Peter Rabbit are loved.

In this story, Kipper decides his basket is a mess: he throws out all his much-loved, dog-eared toys but then finds his basket very uncomfortable. He decides to find somewhere else to sleep: perhaps standing on one leg like a duck would be fun? Or even sitting on a lily pad like a frog. In the end, Kipper decides the best place to be is his lovely, cosy basket full of hsi favourite toys.

There is a whole range of Kipper books to choose from: classic picture books, TV tie in picture books, novelty board books, sticker books, pop up books and much much more.

Kipper is on CITV: the new animation series is due to broadcast in autumn 2000 with repeats of past series starting in the summer.

Kipper's animation series has been awarded the BAFTA award for best children's animation.

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Product details

Paperback: 32 pages
Age Range: 3 - 5 years
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books; New edition edition (30 April 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0340565640
ISBN-13: 978-0340565643
Product Dimensions: 21 x 23 x 0.3 cm
Average Customer Review: 13 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,505,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #18355 in Books > Children's Books > Education > Pre-school & Early Learning
- #64569 in Books > Children's Books > Novelty & Activity Books
- #109017 in Books > School Books

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Delightful...Another proven winner. (Church Times)

Touches a chord with parents and children alike ... children will return to the story (and character) time and time again (Carousel)

Mick Inkpen's illustrations are, of course, as gorgeous as ever. They have warmth, charm and familiarity (The Bookbag)

Full of gentle humour and straightforward, uncluttered pictures, this story will appeal to the very young (Practical Parenting)

A lovely sweet tale that truly celebrates friendship (Junior)

Who doesn't love Kipper and friends? (Prima Magazine)

The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot. (The Guardian)

Book Description

Kipper clears out his basket but finds it uncomfortable. He goes in search of a confortable way to sleep only to be lead back to his trusty old blanket and basket.

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Kids will love it

ByJ Poppon 9 July 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Our 5 year old loves all Mick Inkpen books - this is a keeper

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Another super story from Mick Inkpen....

ByKiT 🍅✏️🍳on 7 February 2008

Format: Paperback

...and one of my personal favourites, about the lovable character, 'Kipper'.

In this story we find Kipper in the mood for a clearout and he discards a few odds and ends from his basket.
However, despite giving it his best shot he finds it very difficult to get a comfortable night, and familiarity overrules in the long run!

From the back cover:
'Kipper's basket is old and worn. His blanket is smelly and disgusting. But can Kipper find a better place to sleep?'

Attractive and durable covers open to 32 high quality shiny pages, packed full of exciting, descriptive text & endearing illustrations, in 2-page spread format.

Example of text:

'Kipper was in the mood for tidying his basket.
'You are falling apart!' he said to his rabbit.
'You are chewed and you are soggy!' he said to his ball and his bone.
'And you are DISGUSTING!' he said to his smelly old blanket.
Out they went.
'That's better!' said Kipper.
But it was not better.
Now his basket was uncomfortable.
He twisted and he turned.
He wriggled and he wriggled.
But it was no good.
He could not get comfortable.
'Silly basket!' said Kipper.....
..and went outside......'

And off Kipper goes to see how other characters manage to get a cosy night, and tries to copy them.....without much success. But....all is well that ends well!

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Possibly the perfect bedtime story

ByR. Hunteron 1 February 2009

Format: Paperback

My 18 month old daughter and I love this story and neither of us ever gets tired of it. The illustrations are gorgeous, the story is perfectly paced and the words gently encourage you to act out parts of the story together. There's wriggling and tickling and wobbly standing on one leg to make her giggle, a big splash and an even bigger surprise ... and the story winds down with Kipper falling asleep in just the right place, surrounded by all his familiar friends. I think Mick Inkpen is a genius.
PS. I wouldn't buy this edition though, when for another £2 you can buy the entire Kipper Story Collection and get 3 great extra stories!

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Just what I needed!

ByJasmineon 13 June 2014

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

I needed this book for a Reception RE lessons on special places and couldn't believe out of all the Mick Inkpen books we have in the house we didn't have this one and nor did we have it in school! Found it on Amazon and the book was dispatched quickly and was just as described.
It's a really sweet story following along the lines of Kipper looking for a different special place but by the end of the story deciding his basket was the place to be!

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A children's classic

ByHelen Hawkinson 8 September 2013

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

My son's favorite book as a baby. Beautiful illustrations on white background of favorite animals keep little ones enthralled and the 'Shhhh' at the end had him giggling. Story is the perfect length to keep attention and I don't get bored of reading it either.

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No dvd!

BySophieon 26 November 2015

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I was very disappointed when the book arrived without the dvd, when the description of the item is "book and dvd". I was aware the book was second hand but the whole reason I bought this item was for the dvd which it doesn't have!

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i bought this for my son as he loves kipper ...

ByHere to help :)on 15 April 2016

Format: Audio CDVerified Purchase

i bought this for my son as he loves kipper. we cant find it on on demand on virgin media anymore so i had to find an alternative as hes always asking for it. deffo a top one for the kids

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Well Worth a Read!

ByA customeron 11 November 2000

Format: Paperback

All of my children have loved this book, I did too! Classic humour from Mick Inkpen - we adore all of his work.

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just the job

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Published on 6 August 2014 by boot

My daughter loves it.

My daughter is a big kipper fan and loves reading the books. Lovely story and she sits through the whole story cuddling her kipper toy.

Published on 15 June 2013 by Charlotte86

AWESOME!

I love Kipper. I laughed and I cried. Of course I got help with the big words (I'm blonde - give me a break!). Kipper is sooooooooooooooooo cute!Read more

Published on 23 December 1999

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