Dippers

by Barbara Nichol

Book Overview

Fragments of a handwritten letter have been discovered. Their author's name is Margaret, and in the letter she describes her memories of a summer of her girlhood long ago when the dippers came up from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887763960
• ISBN13: 9780887763960
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A very pleasant picturebook for young readers.

Dippers is a pleasant picturebook for young readers about a hot summer in 1912, when fanciful creatures that author Barbara Nichol calls "dippers" came up from the Don River. The Dippers are most curious beings indeed, at first glance resembling cat-sized shrews with wings. Barry Moser's full-page illustrations in soft tones enhance Nichol's inquisitive prose making Dippers a pleasure for young readers who have just graduated from easy-reader picturebooks and are ready to try something with slightly longer and with more complex sentences.