Why is Tip Tipper confused?
He's rattled because he doesn't know the right time to act silly and the right time to act serious.
Boys and girls are becoming more and more annoyed with Tip's behavior. In the Village of Nobble Ook Tip Tipper doesn't have friends. Will King Obble Nook help Tip figure out the right way to act so he can romp in the grass and high five with his classmates? I sure hope so!
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About The Author:
The Bronx neighborhood I remember was one in which kids, even of single-digit age, played hide and seek, sneaking into small alleyways, playing punchball in the courtyard, jumping rope, roller skating, bike riding, and chasing fire engines and ice cream trucks. On summer nights, men and women lugged their "beach chairs" down flights of steep stairs and sat for hours chatting and eating "sunflower seeds" or pizza from the "Pizza Place" a block away. Mothers felt comfortable gathering outside in hair curlers, talking "children," and fathers talking "baseball."
One boy with the darkest and curliest hair I had ever seen had just beaten his mother at a game of Jacks.
She began putting the pieces back in the bag and said,
"Okay, that was fun. Now, it's dinner time."
Curly Top giggled. "My mommy is a sore loser."
She gently grabbed him by the wrist, and admonished, "Saying that to your friends may be okay, but it is always disrespectful to talk to a grownup that way."
I thought about their conversation, and all I could think of was "Seriously Silly!"
