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“New Kids Book Shows How Awesome Nature Can Be”
30 March, 2015  |  Rick DeDonato | The Children’s Book Review | March 3o, 2015

PIPSIE and Alfred solve the mysteries of nature, and show kids how to solve them, too.

PIPSIE, the Nature Detective, and her scooter-riding sidekick Alfred Z. Turtle were pretty much raised as part of our family.

When my daughter Alexis was five, she had an imaginary friend she called Pipsie. Alexis and I used to write little stories about the two of them going on all kinds of adventures—especially nature adventures

“Pipsie, Nature Detective: The Disappearing Caterpillar (written by Rick DeDonato and illustrated by Tracy Bishop)
gets my vote for being the cutest children’s book of the year!”

“My daughter and I had so much fun going along with Pipsie and Alfred on their grand adventure
to find  their friend, Frannie the caterpillar.”  –– MommaDrama

“What I love about Pipsie is that she shows readers that it’s wonderful to be smart and curious about the world.”

“A delightful science lesson on Monarch butterflies.”