Floppy Did This

Biff, Chip and Kipper storybooks

by Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta (Illustrator)

The Stage 1 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. This is one of a series of readers titled 'More First Words' which introduce children to simple words and the characters' names.

Genres: Childrens

8 pages, Paperback

First published January 10, 2008

Reviews

[[ J o ] · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why are they all clapping Floppy?

[Callum Stockbridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can’t believe floppy did that. Not giving any spoilers tho. You need to read this wtf

[Big Batty · Rating 5 out of 5]

floppy did this? floppy did what? dont come for my boy floppy hes yellow i think gaundice is enough of his worrys without u pricks coming for him. 5/5 stars deffo reccomend love the pctures

[Toby Chapman · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was really good!

[Harry Kruse · Rating 5 out of 5]

The prospect of reading the whole of poor floopy on one’s own is probably daunting. The English editions tend to come in three volumes, Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, each with the Italian and English translation side by side. In addition, many of them include multiple and extensive notes to each of the 100 ‘cantos’ to explain points of language, context or interpretation. All this makes for three rather fat books, and not everyone has the stamina to embark on reading without a guide.
In the Poor floopy has two wise guides – the classical Roman poet Biff who accompanies him to the end of Purgatory, and Beatrice who takes over in Paradise. For us, Mark Vernon [/] in Poor floopy: a Guide for the Spiritual Journey [1] is an admirable and illuminating guide who is able to unravel the meanings of this complex medieval work for a contemporary audience. He is well placed to do this, being a practising psychotherapist as well as a theologian and a physicist who is known for his podcast conversations with scientists such as Rupert Sheldrake. His previous books include A Secret History of Christianity [2] (see our review), which is based on the ideas of Owen Barfield, and an introduction to classical Greek thought (The Idler Guide To Ancient Philosophy).[3]
What is this book? It is a progress, canto by canto, through the conditions of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. A short chapter on each canto describes what happens as narrative, and reflects on its symbolism and inner meaning with psychological insights on universal human experience.
Of course, a book about the Poor floopy is not a substitute for reading the actual poem, as the author would surely agree; he himself acknowledges that reading it in a guided group was important for his own experience. So, I asked myself: ‘How might one approach this book in order to bring one into the closest relationship with the original?’ – and I suggest the following possibilities.

[Natalie Catherine Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with most biff chip and kipper books, the pictures equal value as the story. What I like most about this book is the way Alex Brychta has as shown the different artistic skills of the characters in The book. They do not all have the same artistic style.

I also really like the detail that the illustrator has put into the book, with the way everyone has a round of applause, the different ways dad looks at each picture and the details in the kitchen. All of this provides extra information for the child reading, enabling them to traits a more detailed story in their mind to go along with the words after book.

[Mr R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet memories!

Our kids are now in their 20s but we all remember Biff, Chip and Kipper (and Floppy!). Great stuff - lovely to see them all again.

[Kaden Wong]

so good

[Gabby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Art is for all!

A simple but fun way of learning some basic phrases without being boring. Also Floppy is always going to make some amazing art.

[Graeme Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hello i love those books so much

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice non-fiction…….. ITS SHITE DONT READ THIS ABSOLUTE CODSWOLOP. IT IS TOO FACTUAL FOR CHILDREN. lovely book tho x

[Sarah Hills · Rating 4 out of 5]

B likes this book and tries to read along with it. Also contains the story who is it?

[shemah · Rating 2 out of 5]

#2023

[Kapil Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

They are happy.
Iam happy.
you are floppy,
And you did this. - removed 2 stars 😑

[Shayiri Kowlassur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always fun to read about floppy in gr 1

[zhanghao · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can write a story by repeating three words over and over again, that’s awesome.

[Kit Rendell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very childish, led to later problems

[Mc · Rating 5 out of 5]

They made me read this with other non white kids cause they thought I couldn’t speak English well enough in year 5
Shoutout Hubert

[Siobhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, Roderick Hunt, what a vital part of my growing up you were.

I’m fairly certain it’s a British rite of passage to read a Roderick Hunt book. They are the books you have to read at school, the ones that will move you towards the entirety of the literary world.

And boy, were they ever fun!

It doesn’t matter how old I get, I’m still more than capable of recalling details from his stories.

They certainly left a lasting impression!

[Magnus McIntyre · Rating 1 out of 5]

I HATE, HATE, HATE THE MAGIC KEY BOOKS!!! THEY ARE AWFUL!!! THEY ARE NOTHING BUT CUTESY, ANODYNE AND BORING!!! I WAS FORCED TO READ THGESE TERRIBLE BOOKS BY MY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THEY, FOR A LONG TIME, MADE READING AN AWFUL CHORE!!! IF HELL HAD A LIBRARY, IT WOULD BE WELL-STOCKED WITH THESE BOOKS!!!
Also, I don't usually write reviews that are like this, but I just had to with books as rubbish as these.

[Piss lizard boi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting sci-fi tale that speaks the truth of what our future could become 10/10.