Clippity-Clop
| Author | Pamela Allen |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pamela Allen |
| Cover artist | Pamela Allen |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 1994 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Australia |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | unpaginated (30) |
| ISBN | 978-0140553321 |
Clippity-Clop is a 1994 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen. It is about a little old man and woman and two donkeys, laden down with goods, that won't move.
Plot
The protagonists, a little old man and lady load goods, a parrot, that squawks throughout the story, and a cat, that miaows throughout the story, onto two donkeys. They then attempt to move the donkeys without success. The man ignores the lady's warning and, resorts to using a whip to move his donkey. The donkey doesn't like this, "eeeeeeooooooW!",[1] and runs away, "clippity-clop, clippity-clop".[2] The man chases after the donkey, "plip-plop, plip-plop",[3] eventually catchs it, and entices the donkey to follow him with carrots."Yummy yummy yum-yum, Come, come come".[4] The donkey eats so many carrots that the man has to carry it, "AAAH-HAAA AAAH-HAAA".[5] Meanwhile, the lady, who was left behind, reappears riding her donkey, having tied a carrot to her whip to encourage the donkey to move. She overtakes the man with her donkey happily chasing the carrot,"clippity-clop, CLIPPITY-CLOP!",[6] and the cat is also pleased, "PURRRRR! RRRRR!".[7]
Reception
Clippity-Clop has been reviewed by Reading Time and Magpies.[8] "Like other books by this award-winning author, the sound effects are wonderful."[9] It has been taught/read at school.[10][11]
References
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. p. 11.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. pp. 12, 13.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. pp. 14, 15.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. pp. 18, 19.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. pp. 24, 25.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. pp. 28–30.
- ↑ Clippity-Clop. p. 30.
- ↑ "Clippity-Clop (subscription required)". www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ Gloria Rolton (2002). Read to Me: A Practical Guide to Sharing Books with Your Child in the Vital Preschool Years. Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd. p. 89.
- ↑ "K2HV Literacy Links". www.weebly.com. ISS International Elementary School. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ↑ Christine Topfer (2007). Discovering letters and sounds. Early Childhood Australia Inc. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-921162-11-4.