Pip & Flip - Happy New Year - Couverture souple

Tilla, E A

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798275104264

Editeur : Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Pip is a sky-blue duckling. Flip is an orange frogling. They don’t look like the others—and that’s what makes them special.

Pip & Flip is a gentle, cozy picture-book series that follows two unlikely friends as they splash, hop, and giggle their way through big feelings and small everyday moments. In each story, Pip and Flip show little readers that being different is not something to hide—it’s something to celebrate.

In Pip & Flip Celebrate the New Year, the friends discover a magical winter night by the pond. As snow falls and the water turns to ice, they decide to throw a New Year’s party for all the animals: glowing ice lanterns, colorful ribbons, fireflies drawing hearts in the sky, and a joyful countdown where everyone’s wishes matter. A shy grey duck worries that it’s “too plain” to join—but Pip and Flip gently show that every color and every friend makes the celebration brighter.

Throughout the series, children are invited to:

• Explore animals and habitats – Ducks, frogs, turtles, fish, birds and more, all living around a calm European-style pond.

• Understand seasons and weather – Snow, ice, sunshine, rain, changing skies and how nature looks and feels in each season.

• Learn about New Year and time – What “New Year’s Eve” means, simple ideas of before/after, night/day, and counting down together.

• Practice colors and shades – Sky-blue, orange, grey, and many other hues in ribbons, lanterns, fireflies and pond reflections, reinforcing color words in a natural way.

• Count and notice numbers – Stars in the sky, steps on the ice, lanterns by the shore, and the “three, two, one” New Year’s countdown.

• Play with sounds and onomatopoeia – “Splash!”, “hop”, “tick-tick-tick”, “ribbit”, gentle night sounds and party sounds that invite children to repeat and join in.

• Spot shapes and patterns – Round lanterns, starry skies, heart shapes in the fireflies’ glow, wavy reeds, and simple visual patterns around the pond.

• Grow vocabulary and language – Repeated phrases, simple dialogue, and warm descriptive words help toddlers and preschoolers build their everyday vocabulary.

• Build friendship and empathy skills – Sharing, inviting others in, noticing when someone feels left out, and finding kind ways to say “You belong with us.”

• Strengthen self-acceptance – Pip and Flip look different from everyone else, but they learn (and model) that being yourself is the most beautiful thing of all.

Designed for toddlers and preschoolers, Pip & Flip stories are:

• Short and soothing enough for bedtime,

• Engaging and interactive enough for storytime and circle time,

• Rich in visual details and repetition, perfect for early learning, pointing and naming.

With the recurring motto “Different colors, same splash!”, the series gently teaches that:

• Every child is unique.

• Every feeling matters.

• Every voice belongs in the circle.

If you’re looking for a heartwarming, educational series that blends animals, seasons, colors, numbers, sounds, shapes, words, time, friendship, and New Year traditions into one cozy world by the pond, Pip & Flip is the perfect place to start.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798275104264
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 49
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg