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Kipper’s Monster (Long Story)
by Mick Inkpen
Description:
Where’s the best place to try out the most powerful torch there is? Kipper and Tiger decide that it must be in the middle of the woods at the bottom of Big Hill. But just what is that big animal with horns that they can see on the other side of the tent? Perhaps it would be safer to camp in Kipper’s room? Kipper fans, new and old, will be delighted with this wonderful new book and tape set. Dawn French’s brilliant reading emphasises the humour and poignancy of this tale and will encourage children to read along too!
Reading Guide:
Parents Read Out to Children: 2-3
Children Read Themselves: 3-4
Parents reading out to children is a healthy ritual, Skryf believes!
About The Author
Mick Inkpen captures the delicious scariness of what might go bump in the night in Kipper’s Monster. The trouble starts when Tiger and Kipper pick up a picture book that begins, “Deep in the middle of the dark, dark wood, there lived a horrible, horrendous, terrible, tremendous…” Just to torture themselves further, they decide to camp in the woods that night with the book. Of course, once outside, Tiger has second thoughts, especially with imagined bears, a tremendous “Screech!” coming from a hole in a tree, and the shadow on the tent wall of something with horns! (It’s just a snail.) They don’t get very far in their reading of the scary book until they’re safely back in Tiger’s bedroom. As ever, Inkpen’s drawings are charming and expressive, and the happy ending will make youngsters feel safe and cozy.
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