Kipper the dog puts on a green and red stripy scarf and gets terribly excited about snow. But his friend Tiger (who, for the uninitiated, isn"t actually a tiger, but another dog--probably a terrier), isn"t so keen on the cold white stuff. Tightly wrapped in an assortment of warm woolly clothes, Tiger repeatedly tells Kipper that, as there"s a warm wind coming, the snow won"t last. But Kipper keeps trying to make Tiger play, and eventually succeeds--in the most unexpected way. And the snow does last. As unmissably full of feeling, imagination and wonderful "crump" sounds as every Inkpen offering. (Ages 2 to 5) --Lisa Gee