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Drip, Drop: A Picture Book for Kids (Ages 4-8) About Pip Squeak and a Leaking Roof
Rain, Rain Go Away It's raining, and Pip Squeak's roof is leaking. He tries to catch the water with pots, pans, cups, and cans -- he even tries using a shoe! But the drips and the drops just won't stop. What will Pip Squeak do?
32 pages, Paperback
First published July 27, 2000
About the author
Sarah Weeks
96 books515 followersSarah Weeks has been writing children's books and songs for the past twenty years. She is a graduate of Hampshire College and NYU and recently became an adjunct faculty member in the prestigious Writing Program at the New School University, in New York City.
Her first YA novel, So B. It, which appeared on the LA Times bestseller list was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and received the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award. In addition to being an author, Sarah is an accomplished singer/songwriter. She has written for television, stage and screen and a number of her picture books include songs which she both writes and sings for the accompanying CDs. Sarah's titles have sold well over a million copies, including several foreign editions.
Sarah is a tireless promoter, visiting schools throughout the country, serving as author-in-residence and speaking to teachers and librarians at national conferences including IRA, ALA and NCTE. She lives in New York City with her two teenage sons.
Her first YA novel, So B. It, which appeared on the LA Times bestseller list was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and received the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award. In addition to being an author, Sarah is an accomplished singer/songwriter. She has written for television, stage and screen and a number of her picture books include songs which she both writes and sings for the accompanying CDs. Sarah's titles have sold well over a million copies, including several foreign editions.
Sarah is a tireless promoter, visiting schools throughout the country, serving as author-in-residence and speaking to teachers and librarians at national conferences including IRA, ALA and NCTE. She lives in New York City with her two teenage sons.
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May 2, 2022
A really cute book, the illustration it's adorable and the story is made with rhymes perfect to teach how to read to the little ones.
March 4, 2021
I love how this book shows that sometimes we do everything we can to solve a problem and how sometimes problems are lessened by no effort on our part. I love the discussion this book can spark - does the mouse still have a problem? What is his underlying problem? Is it the drops coming through or is it something else? I love how this book shows that often what we first think is a problem is merely a symptom of the problem, that the root of the problem (the fix of the problem) lies elsewhere.
No matter how many containers this mouse puts out that is not going to be the permanent fix to his problem. What is? Though my son Zander, who is 5-years old, loved this book, it's also one that I'm going to read to my family at family time. Because knowing the difference between symptoms and the root of the problem is something I want my family understand and start contemplating.
No matter how many containers this mouse puts out that is not going to be the permanent fix to his problem. What is? Though my son Zander, who is 5-years old, loved this book, it's also one that I'm going to read to my family at family time. Because knowing the difference between symptoms and the root of the problem is something I want my family understand and start contemplating.
August 10, 2020
daily reading easy reader for Leo
January 21, 2022
A cute rhyming story about a mouse who has a leak in his roof, Kids will enjoy all the drama at the mouse house. Highly recommended for Grades K-1.
April 18, 2023
Genre: Fiction
Age: K - 3
Illustrations: I thought they were very fun and showed how much pipe squeak was struggling to keep the leaks at bay.
Gist: This story is about a mouse after he goes to sleep he hears a drip and wakes up to find that his roof is leaking. He goes and find a bucket to catch the leak, then goes back to bed. Then he hears another one. Each time he goes to bed be just hear another leak, right when he is about to give up that is when he looks up to find that it is no longer raining outside, which means there are no more leaks. He is than able to go play in the puddles with his friends.
Curriculum Connection: This would be a great book to show case never giving up even when its hard, and finding the good even when things don't look to be the best.
Age: K - 3
Illustrations: I thought they were very fun and showed how much pipe squeak was struggling to keep the leaks at bay.
Gist: This story is about a mouse after he goes to sleep he hears a drip and wakes up to find that his roof is leaking. He goes and find a bucket to catch the leak, then goes back to bed. Then he hears another one. Each time he goes to bed be just hear another leak, right when he is about to give up that is when he looks up to find that it is no longer raining outside, which means there are no more leaks. He is than able to go play in the puddles with his friends.
Curriculum Connection: This would be a great book to show case never giving up even when its hard, and finding the good even when things don't look to be the best.
February 16, 2018
During a rainstorm, a mouse keeps getting dripped on while trying to sleep. He fetches bigger and bigger containers to catch the water, but every time he thinks its fixed: "Drip Drop, Plip Plop." When he runs out of containers to hold the water, he gives up ... and that's when the rain stops.
September 18, 2019
This is such a cute story! A little mouse was trying to sleep when his home began to leak in the rain. The sun came out just when he has nothing left to catch the drips in. Funny ending. Great illustrations.
May 2, 2022
It's cute, smart and a good time.
Sometimes the only thing to do is to endure and resist. Lovely message and great rhymes.
Sometimes the only thing to do is to endure and resist. Lovely message and great rhymes.
March 4, 2017
poor little mouse wants nothing more than to go to bed, but it's raining and it's dripping all over his house! He finds cups, hats, buckets, everything he can think of but nothing works to hold it all. will he ever be able to go to sleep? This is a good beginning reader book full of simple words and they rhyme.
February 22, 2017
My five-year-old loved this one. It kept her engaged and making predictions about what would happen next.
March 10, 2014
Weeks, S., & Manning, J. (2000). Drip, drop. New York: HarperCollins.
No matter what he does, Pip Queak, the mouse can't sleep. He has a leaky faucet. He has tried everything! Pots, pans, earmuffs, etc. No matter what he does, he can't fall asleep. Finally, after a long night, he is able to go to drift off. Soon his friends come over and wants him to come out to play. What will he do?
This is a beginning reader which means it is designed for children ages 2-6. The artworks is muted and takes up most of each page. The illustrations accentuate the story and provides clues to the action of the story. All the characters are animals which make it more interesting for young children to read.
No matter what he does, Pip Queak, the mouse can't sleep. He has a leaky faucet. He has tried everything! Pots, pans, earmuffs, etc. No matter what he does, he can't fall asleep. Finally, after a long night, he is able to go to drift off. Soon his friends come over and wants him to come out to play. What will he do?
This is a beginning reader which means it is designed for children ages 2-6. The artworks is muted and takes up most of each page. The illustrations accentuate the story and provides clues to the action of the story. All the characters are animals which make it more interesting for young children to read.
June 18, 2012
Weeks, S. (2002). Drip Drop. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers.
The author created a cute rhyming story about a mouse and his troubles. It’s raining and the mouse tries to stop it from leaking into his home. After using all kinds of containers the mouse gives up and lets it leak away. The mouse tires so hard to stop the inevitable and realizes that he can’t and just lets things happen.
Publishers.
The author created a cute rhyming story about a mouse and his troubles. It’s raining and the mouse tries to stop it from leaking into his home. After using all kinds of containers the mouse gives up and lets it leak away. The mouse tires so hard to stop the inevitable and realizes that he can’t and just lets things happen.
December 24, 2009
This is a fun rhyming book for beginning readers. Poor Pip Squeak has a lead and cannot sleep! The repetitive narrative, not-too-challenging vocabulary and colorful illustrations are very encouraging for young readers.
August 16, 2009
It keeps raining and Mouse's roof is leaking. For kids who like Dr. Seuss. AR 1.3
I Can Read Book Level 1
I Can Read Book Level 1
October 19, 2009
For ages 4-6. Pip Squeak mouse has a leak in his house and everything rhymes. Slightly boring, but ok.
June 13, 2010
Pip Squeak wakes up to find that he has a bunch of leaks in his roof.
April 11, 2011
This story contains a lot of repeated text that is great for a read aloud, and also for beggining readers. This book could also be used in a lesson on rhyming words.
December 18, 2012
Great rhyming book. Students love to read these types of book.
February 4, 2016
Fun little rhymes, and good illustrations, but I just can't seem to get over my adult approach to this book...leaking roofs just aren't fun!
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May 31, 2016I think this is s book for because i read this when i was very young.
March 31, 2017
A picture book about a mouse who is being kept awake by the drips from his leaking roof. Minimum text with simple rhymes and playful repetition (Drip! Drop! Plip! Plop!) make this is good story for beginning readers.
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