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Kipper the Dog
Honk
Kipper the dog makes friends with a honking goose which responds to him in the only way it knows how.
- GenresChildrens
Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Mick Inkpen
382 books62 followersMick 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”
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”
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September 18, 2008
I seriously love Mick Inkpen books. His illustrations are so cute, and the story lines albeit simple have some very funny parts in them. My all-time favorite is still Billy's Beetle, but this one is great as well. Ben was laughing really hard, even after reading it through several times (and it is a SHORT book).
October 19, 2011
M gets SUCH a kick out of the onomatopoeia and slapstick humour in this story. It has a more conventional ending than his other books, which I kindof prefer. The giggles that this story encourages are worth the many, many times I've had to read it in the last few days.
March 21, 2016
Honk!
Inkpen, Mick
cute story related to the tv show
Inkpen, Mick
cute story related to the tv show
July 5, 2018
Hanhenpoika osaa sanoa vain honk! eikä lopussa enää sitäkään.
January 11, 2015
Honk! by mick Inkpen is a book related to the popular tv stories, a good early reader
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