Books with author Lippman

Talk about Pavlovian! Watch an ice-cream truck pull up ringing its bell, and every child in the neighborhood comes running. Enter THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, the latest Mini Wheels Book and newest member of the intricately die-cut and deliciously chunky Mini House and Mini Wheels Books series that has over 2.5 million copies in print. So lively, so colorful, so much fun to hold and play with, to open its doors or send wheeling across the room, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK is a natural companion to the Mini School Bus, Mini Fire Truck, and Mini Express (collect them all!). It’s the summer vehicle that all kids wait for—and this one, staffed by a merry group of chef’s-hat-wearing penguins, comes packed with treats and rhymes and, just like a real ice-cream truck, brings lots of smiles wherever it goes. There’s the ring-aling-a-ling and the customers arriving at breakneck speed, the cones—One scoop, two scoop, three scoop, four!—the pops, plus floats, sundaes, malteds, and shakes. Not to mention a super-secret treat machine that would make Willy Wonka proud. A book, a toy, a vehicle—and best of all, the ice-cream truck that comes all year long!

It's a book. It's a toy. It's a collectible. It's a Mini House Book ! Now with over 2.1 million copies in print, this is the series that's become bigger, stronger, and more in demand with each new title. Kids just love to hold them, open them, get inside and read them. And parents have been buying not just one, but the whole set. Think Beanie Babies. The tenth and newest title, The Space Station is a treat for little kids interested in astronauts, outer space, Pathfinder's travels on Mars, and John Glenn's historic flight on Discovery. Die-cut in the shape of a space station, with portholes and an antenna - even a little blue planet Earth floating above - this Mini House Book tells a rhyming story about a trio of astrodogs and their robot helper as they observe the lunar sky, get caught in a meteor shower, then zoom off to Planet X to collect samples.No gravity; no problem. For a super space-age pup. This well-trained crew knows what to do. (Even down-side up!)Illustrated with Peter Lippman's delightful, colorful drawings of the imaginative space station and the starry deep beyond, it's a Mini House Book that's also an adventure - and even includes a surprise ending.

It’s Christmas Eve, the merriest night of the year in Santa’s workshop! Colorful, chunky, irresistible, a book that's as much fun as a toy. Peter Lippman's Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination.Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club.

It's a new concept in children's board books. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story - and to a child's imagination. It's irresistible.Set in a doghouse, of course--a friendly blue clapboard cottage with a dormer, windows, and a flower boxóthis whimsical abecedarium teaches young readers the alphabet through a series of lively rhymes and delightful illustrations.

Peter's Lippman's neighborhood is growing by leaps and bounds. Think Beanie-Babies--or the Beanie-Babies of books. Mini House Books(tm) are sought-after collectibles for children, with the series jumping from 1 million to 2 million copies-in-print in just ten months. Now comes the ninth and latest title--3 Pigs' Garage, a story that follows a busy crew of pig mechanics as they fix up their community's cars and trucks while making sure there's enough time for play after work. Featuring a winsome cast of pigs, bunnies, and dogs, this die-cut garage-shaped book will be a delight for every child who loves vehicles--stretch limos, cherry pickers, school buses and tractor trailors. The story is told in lively rhyming verse: "All the mechanics/are working away,/fixing flat tires/and saving the day." "Any engine can be quite a test./But the bigger the motor/the bigger the mess." Equally charming are Peter Lippman's colorful, whimsical drawings of the animals driving cars, fixing flats, pondering engines, and generally keeping everything in tip-top shape. Fun to hold, fun to leaf through, and fun to read, 3 Pigs' Garage is, like all the Mini House titles, a book to open, enter, and get happily lost in. 9th in the series that now has over 2 million copies in print.