Dog Names that Start with Ki

The world of Children’s books is a vast avenue on which delightful stories of animal excursions recorded, told year after year, through the decades, and from those same children’s books come a variety of television programs and series which educate and entertain them as they grow and mature.  Those same books, TV series and programming crisscross the world, found virtually on every continent, edifying children all over the world. Our pop culture spotlight is Kipper, and he is a canine with an audience that is world-wide.

Kipper is a kind and loving canine, who is described as warm-hearted and often more curious than necessary. Thought to be either a Jack Russell Terrier, a Beagle, or a Beagle mix, Kipper is also said not to be of the selfish variety of canine character, but he is considered a hoarder of sorts. This fictional frisky friend runs with a group of unique other animal species and space travelers whose escapades weave throughout about 49 books published from 1989 through 2016.  Jake the sheepdog, Pig and Arnold (pig cousins) and space aliens The Bleepers are just a few of the characters who endeared this book to so many. From these 49 books, Kipper the TV series was born, running for six seasons from 1997 to 2000 in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Each season, comprised of 13 episodes for a total of 78 excursions into their fantasy world, was viewed by children in all of these countries, with many of those children also being offered the opportunity to read the books in their native language, being translated into over twenty different languages.

The books, authored by British writer Mick Inkpen (a really cute name for a children’s writer), geared toward pre-school children, won many literary awards as did the videos created from them, making the books and videos well worth the time spent to develop them as well as the time spent by the children to view or read them. The books have been translated into over 20 languages.  Teaching children about bedtime, bathtime, the alphabet, weather, pet care, and much more Kipper taught many a child the joy of reading.