Rip Squeak & His Friends (Rip Squeak and Friends) - Hardcover

Filgate, Susan Yost

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934960403 ISBN 13: 9781934960400

Publisher: UNKNO, 2009

Synopsis

Rip Sqeak is a mouse who develops unconventional friendships with Abbey, a kitten and a frog named Euripides. Learn how it all began in this first Rip Squeak book. English lanugage edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Yost-Filgate grew up in Pennsylvania and received a bachelor's degree in art education from the Pennsylvania State University. Before co-creating the Rip Squeak series with her husband, illustrator, Leonard Filgate, Susan was involved in graphic design, brand licensing, law, education, and writing. This is her first published book.

Illustrator, Leonard Filgate is a self-trained artist. He grew up in San Francisco, California and has been working as a fine artist and illustrator since 1970. In 1997 he began to create the world of RIP SQUEAK® and his art is now known and collected around the world. He has been honored with many accolades, including a one-man major exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum.

The Filgates currently reside in California's Central Valley.

From Publishers Weekly:

This first book in a projected series, the Roaring Adventures of Rip Squeak, by a husband-and-wife team, suffers from a surfeit of cuteness. Rip Squeak and Jesse are brother and sister mice who befriend a lonely kitten one day when her owners are away. Their circle soon expands to include a theatrical frog named Euripedes, after he helps save Jesse from a not-so-fluffy feline. Any excitement that might have been drummed up by the mild adventures the creatures encounter is deflated by leaden descriptions ("they popped popcorn, told silly jokes and laughed so hard it hurt") and an excess of exclamation points. If the text borders on the trite ("If you play a little faster, the piano will make a happy sound and maybe that will make you happy too"), the artwork fares marginally better. Many of Leonard Filgate's paintings reflect a keen eye for composition and color, especially in the outdoor scenes and the endpapers, but the characters assume plush-toy status thanks to such overly precious features as long eyelashes and enormous ears. Ages 4-8.

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About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934960403
• ISBN 13: 9781934960400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Filgate Leonard