![]() ![]() Here's another volume of four episodes from the Kipper animated series from Great Britain, which airs for American audiences (of the toddler persuasion) on Nickelodeon. Sweet without pandering, quaint without being corny, the Kipper tales have a timeless charm blending the fanciful with quiet lessons in kindness and getting along. ![]() Finally, "Nothing Ever Happens" features Kipper home alone on another stormy day, alleviating his boredom by exploring the attic and discovering a magician's hat and cane with more tricks than he reckoned. "The Seaside" concerns a day at the beach for Tiger and Kipper, the latter a bit exasperated over Tiger's strategic preoccupation with "setting up a base camp" before fun is allowed. "The Umbrella" is a delightful story about Kipper's rainy-day delays (which include being lifted to the moon in a gust that fills his umbrella) on the way to his fishing date with best pal Tiger, a gentle if overly serious pooch. The next morning is slightly less tranquil as the visitor leaves muddy tracks everywhere and takes a swim in a cleaning bucket, but Kipper, who loves small animals, laughs it all off. The scared little bird has been separated from his flock by a storm, and Kipper-characteristically-takes him in, warms him up, and makes a snuggly bed in which the gosling instantly falls asleep. "The Visitor" finds a dozing Kipper awakened by a gosling tapping at his window. Kipper, the generous, fun-loving dog created by British author and illustrator Mick Inkpen, has a go at four different adventures in this little collection, derived from a wonderful television series airing in the U.S. The first two volumes of Kipper videos are packaged together: ![]()
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