May Children's bookclub choice: Kipper's Birthday by Mick Inkpen

Finally managed to do this review! DS (3 and a half) loved it, we enjoyed when Kipper made the flat cake, and then when he ate it all himself.... I like the tone of the writing, it allows for fun when reading to DS.
It's our first Kipper story and I will definitely be getting some more for us to read.

Me and my children really enjoyed this book as we have with all of Mike Inkpen's Kipper stories. My eldest son particularly enjoyed it as it was his birthday recently and he was also having a birthday party. I'm sure this will become a firm favourite in our house.

Ps THANK YOU for our free copy.

Received my free copy in time for my daughter's 4th birthday! We don't have any of the Kipper books or any by Mick Inkpen actually, but my daughter loved Kipper's birthday. Lovely illustrations and the story is written beautifully. I enjoyed reading it to my daughter and she loved listening to it.

What an adorable character Kipper is, can't wait to read more from the collection.

My DS loves this book. The illustrations are so lovely and it is now a bedtime favourite.

Thank you for this lovely picture book. My ds loves Kipper. We have previously only borrowed them from the library, but we do have a much used cd 'A Basketful of Kipper'. We have not read this one before, but it was an instant hit. He found Tiger's explanation of when 'tomorrow' and 'yesterday' was, hilarious. The bright, cheerful illustrations, cute dogs and warmth from the overall story make this an excellent picture book. It is understandable why it still remains a favourite with parents and children alike.

Beautiful pictures and a lovely story! Great quality and I think this will be one of our favourites!

Very excited to have this book in our collection. The kids love it- as with all the Kipper books.

Oh and the review link does not work so put mine on this thread.

We have loved our new book. My head hurt after the first read as my son decided to ask a lot of questions about why the days were wrong and why do we use today/tomorrow/yesterday! We have read this book every day since and he always finishes saying silly kipper.
Lovely pictures, text is a perfect size to follow my finger as I read. The story length is just right.

DS loved this. It was an interesting story - showing how "tomorrow" moves according to which day you are - and the drawings are really well done.

I missed the postie on Friday so opted to collect the book on Saturday.

I've been familiar with Kipper since I was younger and must admit I've never bought the books for my children or for nephews/nieces.

The illustrations were fun and quirky; the story was cute - organising his own birthday party.

My children liked looking at the pictures and being read to. My son's reading is coming along so he was pre-empting some of the words!

Thank you so much for sending us a copy.

Our copy arrived on Saturday. Kipper has always been a favourite of ours...This story is funny and lovely and has already been read a few times....a definite feel good book for children (and parents!).

Lovely book. I read it to my 5 year old daughter and she loved the story and the pictures.

My book's arrived - I say 'my', it was quickly commandeered by my son who really liked reading it. He's three and has watched Kipper on TV but we've never had any of the books. We had to sit and read it straight away and although he didn't really understand the timing of the party he loved the look of the cake (he's a big fan of cherries too). Glad to see Kipper is going strong after 25 years and it's a great book to read to kids.

This is a lovely book about friendship with wonderful colourful illustrations. Hard to believe the books have been going for so long but as the stories are all timeless can see them being around for a long while yet and enjoyed by many future generations. This is earmarked for someone already. Many thanks.

And another thing - we have a tape of Dawn French reading some of the Kipper stories that I found in the charity shop a few years ago. I've just checked, and you can get it on cd from Amazon for about 5. I'd really recommend it - partly because her voice is so lovely, but mainly because she reads them like she's telling you about a favourite nephew who has done something a bit silly. I always try to emulate her tone when I read the stories.

We got our copy today - it's much bigger, glossier and more pristine than our existing version! And DS2 claims that I haven't read it to him before - I'm sure I must have, but clearly not enough.

The pictures are gorgeous, and DS liked the story, although I think the bit about the invitations saying tomorrow instead of today passed him by. He says his favourite bit is where Kipper eats the whole cake.

We're looking forward to passing the book on to his class on Monday. And I will make sure I read him our copy some more. As an aside, I found our copy of "The Little Kipper Collection" and that was great for him to read by himself. He's at the stage of being able to sound out most common words, but still being daunted by too many words on a page. So the Little Kipper stories are just right for him (and so much more fun to read than Biff and Chip!)

Received ours too, looking forward to reading it at bedtime!

I got my book today. It's a lovely big book with large pictures. My son loves pointing out each character. I love the story of kipper organising his birthday and inviting his friends with a little twist at the end. He is such a loveable character. Kipper is always a favourite in our house!

I have a kipper cross stitch in my bedroom. The sandcastle pic. I'm a bit sad that both of the boys have outgrown him, now. DS1 insisted on a kipper story almost every bedtime, around his second birthday :o

No, I still haven't received mine.

Has anyone received their copy yet?