Books with title Rip Squeak and His Friends

Rip Squeak and His Friends is the first in an ongoing series of children’s books by the Filgates which feature Rip Squeak the mouse and his little sister Jessie whose constant companion is her doll Bunnie. They befriend Abby the kitten and Euripides the frog and together they overcome their obvious differences and have fabulous adventures together. Internationally acclaimed artist Leonard Filgate's richly detailed and highly imaginative paintings-accompanied by Susan Yost-Filgate's magical story-bring to life this wonderful world of fabulous friends in the first book by this husband and wife team.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

I was bitten severely by a little dog when with my mother at Moffat Wells, being then three years of age, and I have remained "bitten" ever since in the matter of dogs. I remember that little dog... and were I allowed to search among the shades in the cynic Elysian fields, I could pick her out still. -from "Our Dogs" The 1858 short story "Rab and His Friends"-based on a true incident about a gray mastiff, Rab, and his relationship with an Edinburgh doctor and one of the doctor's patients-is considered one of the finest examples of Victorian melodrama. It is also beautifully portrays the extraordinary insight author John Brown had into the canine temperament; it and other essays included here on Brown's life with the faithful animals will enchant dog lovers. Also featured in this volume: Brown's renowned 1863 sketch, "Marjorie Fleming." Scottish physician and writer John Brown (1810-1882) is best known for his two volumes of essays, Horae Subsecivae (Leisure Hours) (1858, 1861).