To learn about the creators, click on their pictures below.

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For short quotes and review summaries from galleries, fans, and the media, please click here.

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Interested in reading some articles written about Rip Squeak® and the Filgates?
A selection can be found by clicking the links below:

Thinking Big: Leonard Filgate takes his tiny subject matter to new heights by Lisa Thiegs
U.S. Art Magazine, August 1999

Class Notes for Visual Arts
Pennsylvania State University Arts & Architecture News, Spring 2000

Rip-Roaring Adventures by Jessica Lyons
Art Licensing, June 2000

Exhibit, Storybook Illustrate Message on Tolerance for Kids by Esther Hammer
Tampa Tribune In Town, March 2001

A Quiet Roar: A New Mouse Teaches Children Non-Violent Behavior by Glen Starkey
Tampa Tribune, March 15, 2001

Rip Squeak: The Mouse That Roars by Sarah Seamark
Art World News, August 2001

A Rip Roaring Good Story by D.E. Kern
Elizabethtown Chronicle, October 25, 2001

Rip and Friends to Visit Elizabethtown
Elizabethown Chronicle, October 18, 2001

A Feast for the Eyes
Every Picture Tells a Story (Los Angeles), November 2001

One Mouse's Best-Laid Plans by Nancy Hewitt
Los Angeles Daily News, November 10, 2001

Meet Rip Squeak and His Friends by Lisa Crawford Watson
Monterey Herald, December 11, 2001

New Rip Squeak Art Book Released
News Briefs: Art Business News, April 2002

FOB-program-cover.jpgRip Squeak and His Friends rated No. 4 on Los Angeles Times Children's Bestsellers
Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2002

The Magical World of a Carmel Couple by Sandra Leader
Central Coast Adventures, Summer 2002

Rip Squeak and His Friends and Pirate Tales and More Book Review by Peggy Kinstler
InformArt Magazine, Summer 2002

Two Delightful Books for Kids by Bob Walch
Monterey County Herald, February 2, 2003

Festival of Books (program cover) Sunday Supplement
Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2003

The Other Mouse: Neither Mighty or Mickey, this mouse is in a league of his own by Glen Starkey
San Luis Obispo New Times, December 11, 2003

Rip Squeak and His Friends
The Art Buyer, Winter 2004

Mouse Charms from His Enchanted World by Margot Petit Nichols
The Carmel Pine Cone, March 26, 2004

Meet Pirate-Mouse Rip Squeak and Friends at Delaware Art Museum Family Celebration
Burrelles Luce Media, October 2005

Tales of Rip Squeak: Adventure-loving mouse and pals in Leonard and Susan Yost Filgate's children's books owe the swashbuckling style to Howard Pyle's pirates by Kent Steinriede
The News Journal, delawareonline.com, October 2005

Rip Squeak Creators to Visit by Abigail Ketchum
Elizabethtown Chronicle, October 13, 2005

Rip Squeak and Friends Bring Joy to Art Museum by Paula Shulak
Greenville Community News, November 1, 2005

Pirate Tales and Beyond at Delaware Art Museum by Phil Toman
Newark Post, Newark DE, December 16, 200
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Carmel Magazine Gallery Guide (cover plus ad)
Carmel Magazine, Winter 2005

Praise for Pirate Tales and Beyond: The Adventures of Rip Squeak & His Friends museum exhibition
Joyce K. Schiller, Ph.D., Curator for Delaware Art Museum exhibition, February 6, 2006