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| Author | Pamela Allen |
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| Illustrator | Pamela Allen |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 1994 |
| Publisher | Puffin Books Australia |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | unpaginated (30) |
| ISBN | 978-0140553321 |
| OCLC | 773296005 |
Clippity-Clop is a 1994 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen. It is about a little old man and a woman, and their two donkeys, laden down with goods, that will not move.
The protagonists, a little old man and a lady load goods, a parrot, that squawks throughout the story, and a cat, that miaows throughout the story, onto two donkeys. They then attempt to move the donkeys without success. The man ignores the lady's warning and, resorts to using a whip to move his donkey. The donkey doesn't like this, and runs away. [1] The man chases after the donkey, [2] eventually catches it, and entices the donkey to follow him with carrots. [3] The donkey eats so many carrots that the man has to carry it. [4] Meanwhile, the lady, who was left behind, reappears riding her donkey, having tied a carrot to her whip to encourage the donkey to move. She overtakes the man with her donkey happily chasing the carrot, and the cat is also pleased. [5]
Clippity-Clop has been reviewed by Reading Time and Magpies. [6] "Like other books by this award-winning author, the sound effects are wonderful." [7] It has been taught/read at school. [8] [9]
The Canberra Times listed it amongst its "Best of '94" children's books. [10]
