Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Splash!: with audio recording

by Candace Fleming, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

Overview

Surf’s up for a bunch of mischievous bunnies and one frazzled farmer in this beach-time read-aloud adventure.

Mr. McGreely had bunny problems.
He had bunnies in his garden.
Bunnies in his shed.
Bunnies in his cupboard.
Bunnies in his…BED!

Mr. McGreely has had it with irksome rabbits, so he dons his swimsuit and a pair of goggles and gets ready for some time away at the beach. Little does he know, the bunnies have stowed away in his backseat! He also hadn’t known that the rascally rabbits have mad surfing and kite flying skills. His annoyance is at sunstroke level…until he sees a sign for a sandcastle-making contest, and realizes that teaming up with the pesky pufftails might just have some benefits.

From the creators of Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! and Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide!, this read-aloud adventure comes complete with hilarious illustrations, bouncy language, and, of course, the cutest bunnies around.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481400282
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	03/25/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
Lexile:	AD640L (what's this?)
File size:	21 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including the Bulldozer books; Ben Franklin’s Almanac, an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, and Sibert Medal honorees The Honeybee, and The Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.

G. Brian Karas has illustrated many children’s books, including Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! And Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! by Candace Fleming; Incredible Me by Kathi Appelt; the High-Rise Private Eyes series by Cynthia Rylant; and Ivan by Catherine Applegate, which was a New York Times bestseller. His books have been named ALA Notables, Booklist Editor Choices, SLJ Best Books, and Boston Globe Horn Book Honor books. He lives in upstate New York. Visit him online at GBrianKaras.com.

Editorial Reviews

2013-12-01
A dozen years since they first made an appearance, and not a day older or wiser, Fleming's three young cottontails return to bedevil Mr. McGreely (Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, 2002, etc.). The bunnies still have a few tricks up their sleeves to get under Mr. McGreely's skin. Where once they ate his garden to the ground, now they are doing their unintended best to undermine his vacation, one he has taken expressly to get away from the "floppyeared, pufftailed twitchwhiskers." They manage to stow away in his car, then happily join him on his beach towel. Mr. McGreely storms off to do some shell collecting ("No bunny—nohow, noway—is sharing my fun day"). He returns with paltry fragments that he is very proud of, only to find that the bunnies have found a trove of spectacular shells. His kite flies for two seconds—again, he's very proud—while the bunnies paraglide with their kite, and so on. In the end, there is a message about teamwork, which is not to be ignored, but it is Fleming's text that raises the bar of joy to such heights, with her quirky internal rhymes—"Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, grab!…Tippy-nab"—and descriptive language. Karas invests each character with acres of personality. It's a happy reunion with the bunnies for children, if a dubious one for Mr. McGreely. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews