RRR presents... Daisy Daydream Bus Rhymes and Jokes by Sue Wickstead - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

ALL ABOARD!

It's back to school time, so the kiddos are probably getting use to the idea of riding the bus, but did you know that a bus can tell jokes, spin nursery rhymes, and bring a smile to your face?  Ha!  I thought not...but, I know one that's swinging by today to do JUST THAT with the latest release in the growing series from author Sue Wickstead, currently touring with Rachel's Random Resources.  So, are you ready?  Get set.  READ ON! 

Daisy Daydream Bus Rhymes and Jokes

by

Sue Wickstead

About the book...

Some well known nursery rhymes, rewritten, with a bus twist. 

Come and sing along and share a bus joke too. 

A special collection for Daisy Daydream. 

(Who has her own story book) 

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That's right!

Daisy Daydream is back (because she has her own book, no less!) and bringing an EXTRA dose of fun with one liner jokes, short tales, and nursery rhymes with a BUS-ish twist that'll bring the laughs, giggles and gaffaws.  For example...

What did the bus driver say to the frog?

HOP ON.

🐸

Why didn't anyone take the school bus to school?

IT WOULDN'T FIT THROUGH THE DOOR!

🚌

...and other zingers!

As for the rhymes, I think JACK AND JILL had way more fun than they previously did with that hill...poor LITTLE MISS MUFFET doesn't fair any better without her tuffet...and the OLD WOMAN may still have her hands full of children, but thanks to crafty ideas and a nifty old bus, she's got more to occupy them too!

So climb on board and take a ride,

You never know where it might lead;

Daisy Daydream is at the helm,

Heading for those good times we ALL simply need!

A pleasant surprise for readers of all ages with fun rhymes and creative illustrations throughout.  Don't miss this new addition to the series!

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About the author...

Sue Wickstead lives in West Sussex, UK and writes children’s picture story books. 

Her stories relate to both her experiences as a teacher as well as her play-work adventures with a bus. 

The Playbus was a real double-decker bus full of toys, arts and crafts, as well as a lot of fun to play on. Sue wrote a photographic social history book about the project which led to her story telling and her writing. All of Sue’s books do have a bus included in them somewhere. Daisy Daydream was the bus that Sue painted and the start of her Playbus and writing journey. 

When not writing Sue builds models with Lego (especially for her grandson), she loves spending quality time with her young grandson and enjoys creating models to share with him on his visits. 

Her grandson features in the book ‘Barty Barton; the bear that was loved too much’ which was published in 2020. He also helps his Nanny Sue to sing along with a few of the rhymes sue has written. 

Many of Sue’s books have been entered and shortlisted in ‘The Wishing Shelf Book Awards’, the book ‘A Spooky Tale’ was a silver medal winner in 2019. The story was written with her class in school. 

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**Giveaway***

CHANCE TO WIN...

...a signed copy of the Double-Decker Playbus Colouring Book

(UK only) 

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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you as well as the ebook for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today! Be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun.

Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!

For Fantasy Fans of all ages comes....Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes!

Hi there!

Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers, the place for readers from just beginning levels to well beyond their years....we've got a little something for everyone.

Speaking of everyone, today's chosen title fits that bill directly for although the intended audience falls to the younger set, I am convinced it will be seen in the hands of readers of all ages.  Wonder where I'm getting my bravado about the book?  Ah, well wonder no more!  Today's book of choice is ready to make a monstrous entrance and enchant the minds of those near and far.  Don't say I didn't want you.....

Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes

by

Henry, Josh, and Harrison Herz

Illustrated by

Abigal Larson

9781455620326

Pelican Publishing Company

About the book....

Enter an enchanted land of mythical creatures where manticores reign and ogres roar—a land of mystery and fright. A unique twist on traditional rhymes of everyone’s youth, Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes presents a more sinister approach to these childhood classics, and yet the sing-song nature of the poems renders them playful and jovial at the same time. Little Witch Muffet is not frightened by a silly, little spider; she adds him to her stew!

Rotten zombies, giants, dwarves, and goblins mingle with werewolves, centaurs, and fauns. Follow along the skeleton stepping stones, scale up a palisade, claw at the window of a tasty child and bake him into a pumpkin shell. Monsters cook up delicious elvish pie, too! Every kid who has an eensy weensy bit of sense wants a pet with feathers white as snow, who flies like an eagle and bleats like a goat—a hippogriff, of course!

Six forest sprites with four times as many pixies escape from a loaf of bread atop the elaborate table of the fey queen; her feast has flown away! If you enjoy mischief and have a penchant for the morbidly hilarious, the Herzs’ rhymes will satisfy your mythological curiosities.

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Now THIS is the nursery rhyme book Fantasy fans and players of role games have been WAITING for. (No, I'm not one of them, but I enjoyed it too!)

Each page is a full color spread of fantasy illustrations that could have come straight from a Tolkien movie or D&D card deck.  They're dark and creepy, earthy and base in their hungers (we're talking trolls eating elves, nothing more), all while playing with the rhymes we already know and love.  The end result?  Some come out just as sweet and some...a bit sinister.  Let's explore....

From Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes by Henry Herz, illustrated by Abigail Larson, text © 2015 Henry Herz, images © 2015 Abigail Larson, used by permission of the publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

Take the first, 'Hefty Jack Horner'....needless to say, a play off of 'Little Jack Horner' and recited to the very same tune.  Let's just say, what he pulls out of his pie is NOT a plum, nor a very happy moment for those that helped MAKE it.  *gulp*  Then there's 'Eensy Weensy Brownie'...sang to the tune of 'Eensy Weensy Spider'.  I mean really, if his mischievous grin wasn't enough to give away his mission, the outcome of the rhyme surely does...and with flair!  Hey, it's not everyone that can match 'palisade' with 'dissuade' and make it work!  On the sinister side of things would be 'Manticore, Manticore'...read to the tune of 'Pussycat, Pussycat'.  Umm, well the pictures are scary enough by themselves but the ease at which he recounts his activities while in Persia leads me to believe someone else didn't enjoy the visit quite so much.  

From Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes by Henry Herz, illustrated by Abigail Larson, text © 2015 Henry Herz, images © 2015 Abigail Larson, used by permission of the publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

Though everyone will have a personal favorite either by verse or design, one of my own has to be 'Mary Had a Hippogriff'...for me it combined one of my favorite nursery rhymes and a Harry Potter creature I adored (okay, well it's not just from that story, but Buckbeak was memorable!).  Of course, it was an additional smile inducing element to see the school girls running away at the site of these two....honestly, you'd sweat they'd never seen one!  *wink*

All in all, there is much fun to be had within these pages and I do believe it will find a home on shelves with little ones as well as those Fantasy fans that simply couldn't help themselves.  Really though, who could blame them?  A fine read for anyone that appreciates somewhat timeless verse,  illustrations that are anything but mere flights of fancy, and an education via Bestiary inclusion....right at the end of the book, perfect!

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Electronic ARC for review courtesy of Bergen at Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.  (THANKS!)  For more information on this title as well as their current catalog, be sure to stop by their official site, catch them on Twitter, or like them on Facebook.  This title is set to release late January or early February 2015, so be on the lookout for it on a bookstore shelf or virtual retailer of your choosing VERY SOON!  (Or you can always pre-order it...)

Until next time...happy reading!