I never got to read these books as I was too advanced - I had to take separate English lessons during almost all of primary school so never read a lot of the books others did - which made me sad as I liked Kipper.
However, the illustrator came to our school and drew a picture of Chip looking up. 'What is he standing under?' 'A tree!' said someone, so he drew a tree. 'What kind of tree?' I shouted 'A CAKE TREE!!!!' So the artist drew a tree laden with lovely cakes, a couple of tubs of ice-cream, and sketched in a tongue on Chip so he was licking his lips. posted by mippy at 6:32 AM on August 23, 2010
Biff, Chip and their dog Kipper.
The characters show up in the US too-- as the insufferable preppies in 1980's college comedies. posted by Mayor Curley at 7:23 AM on August 23, 2010
I thought kippers were what you had smoked for you because you'd undoubtedly be back before breakfast. posted by Pastabagel at 7:56 AM on August 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
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However, the illustrator came to our school and drew a picture of Chip looking up. 'What is he standing under?' 'A tree!' said someone, so he drew a tree. 'What kind of tree?' I shouted 'A CAKE TREE!!!!' So the artist drew a tree laden with lovely cakes, a couple of tubs of ice-cream, and sketched in a tongue on Chip so he was licking his lips.
posted by mippy at 6:32 AM on August 23, 2010