Download or read book Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty written by David Levinthal and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told from the point of view of a streetwise police officer called Binky, who just happens to be a toad in a suit and a fedora. When Snow White doesn't make it to the beauty pageant, Officer Binky is the first to find the apple core lying by her bed. When an awful giant mysteriously crashes to the ground, upsetting the whole town, Binky discovers exactly who is responsible. Author David Levinthal and illustrator John Nickle retell these classic stories in the style of a 1940s noir detective novel—for kids!
Download or read book Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty written by David Levinthal and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break-in at the Three Bears family home? It could only be one dame. Wicked witch gone missing from her candied cottage? Hansel and Gretel claim it was self-defense. Did Humpty Dumpty really just fall off that wall, or was he pushed? Here are five fairy-tale stories with a twist, all told from the point of view of a streetwise police officer called Binky, who just happens to be a toad in a suit and a fedora. When Snow White doesn't make it to the beauty pageant, Officer Binky is the first to find the apple core lying by her bed. When an awful giant mysteriously crashes to the ground, upsetting the whole town, Binky discovers exactly who is responsible. Author David Levinthal and illustrator John Nickle retell these classic stories in the style of a 1940s noir detective novel—for kids!
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again written by Dave Horowitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humpty Dumpty is humiliated. All the King's Horses and All the King's Men make fun of him and his embarrassing fall every chance they get. So Humpty Dumpty holes up in his home, determined to never climb another wall. Until a friend needs his help. In this silly play on traditional nursery rhymes Humpty is given the chance to show that the best thing to do after you fall off the horse (or wall, in this case) is to get right back on. "Illustrated with big, clear, line-and-watercolor cartoons, Horowitz's simple rhyming text is both a parody of nursery rhymes and a fun story. Children will enjoy the puns and the play with the Mother Goose verses that they know." - Booklist
Download or read book What Really Happened to Humpty written by Jeanie Franz Ransom and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: A scrambled mess . . . Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Or--as his brother Detective Joe Dumpty thinks--was he pushed? This case isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suspects are plenty (as are the puns) in this scrambled story of nursery rhyme noir. Was it Little Miss Muffet? There's something not right about her tuffet. Or could it have been Chicken Little, who's always been a little cagey? Or was it the Big Bad Wolf, who's got a rap sheet as long as a moonless night? Joe's on the beat and determined to find the truth. Readers of all ages will delight in the word play and hilarious illustrations in this mystery of what really happened to Humpty Dumpty on that fateful day.
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed written by Marc Blatte and published by IPG. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a manic ride from the mixing boards of hip-hop recording studios to mansions in the Hamptons and the projects of the urban ghetto, Detective Black Sallie Blue Eyes ventures behind-the-scenes of the record business in search of a street-side assassin. Casting a widely satirical net on all spectra and species of the Manhattan social scene—from tweaking downtown hipsters, wrestling fetishists, and rapper wannabes to real estate moguls and hip-hop impresarios—this satirical urban noir novel offers intrigue, insight, and an innovative brand of humor.
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed written by Bruce Lord and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you suspect your best friend, who happens to be a giant egg, was killed but everyone else thinks it was an accident? Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed, a collection of twenty-two short fairy tale-like stories, tackles that question and many more. In this collection's title story, Chicken Little is certain his friend did not fall from the ledge, and he intends to prove there is a conspiracy. Will he discover the truth before it's too late? Filled with interesting and delightful characters, these short stories ask questions not raised before. Can a reverse vampire find true love? Can the World Nose Hair champion really make the world a better place? Is it ever wise to stick cheese noodles in your nose? Can one live their life squeezing other people's ears in peace? If a whale and a tiger had a fight who would win? Incorporating familiar characters in children's literature and folklore, Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed tells a series of tales with surprises to keep you guessing. Each story asks a different question, and each story offers a different, strange answer.
Download or read book The Big Over Easy written by Jasper Fforde and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit Jasper Fforde's bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He's investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play. "[Forde] knows a thing or two about leaping into new worlds. . . . It's hard not to see what all the enthusiasm is about." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "A wonderfully readable riot." -The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again written by Dan Santat and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After falling off the wall, Humpty Dumpty is very afraid of climbing up again, but is determined not to let fear stop him from being close to the birds.
Download or read book The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty written by David Calcutt and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opens discussion on the moral issues and prejudices surrounding bullying in schools.
Download or read book Who Pushed Humpty written by H O O Dunnit and published by Rigby. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty written by David T. Greenberg and published by Little, Brown Young Readers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous verses are added to traditional Mother Goose rhymes.
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty s Great Fall written by Alan Durant and published by Crabtree Classics. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Wayland, 2009.
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty and Other Plays written by Eric Bogosian and published by Theatre Communications Grou. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New collection of plays by reknowned solo artist and writer.
Download or read book Dimity Dumpty written by Bob Graham and published by Walker. This book was released on 2009 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... Everyone knows what happened to Humpty Dumpty. But have you ever heard about his brave little sister? At last, Dimity Dumpty's story can be told!
Download or read book Dandy written by Ame Dyckman and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From popular author Ame Dyckman and rising star Charles Santoso comes the laugh-out-loud story of a father desperate to destroy the dandelion marring his perfectly manicured lawn, and his daughter's fierce attempts to save it. When Daddy spots a solitary weed in his lawn, he's appalled (along with all of his neighborhood friends). But his daughter Sweetie has fallen in love with the beautiful flower, even going so far as to name it Charlotte. Racing against time and the mockery of his friends, Daddy has to find a way to get rid of the errant dandelion without breaking his little girl's heart.
Download or read book Humpty Dumpty written by Michele L. Hinton and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is amiss in the town of Snortle. Humpty Dumpty fell from the wall. But did he fall? Or was he pushed? And what happened to Bumpty-Dumpty? There are many questions to be answered. Find out what happens in this great "Who done it!"This tale contains contains two version. The first one is written as a short story with a few wonderful illustrations drawn by David Puckett, and then the same story is told again in rhyme.Humpty Dumpty: A Fractured Tale can be enjoyed by children and adults alike.
Download or read book Lift written by Minh Lê and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons! Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she can escape and explore on her own. But when she's forced to choose between going at it alone or letting her little brother tag along, Iris finds that sharing a discovery with the people you love can be the most wonderful experience of all. Using their dynamic comics-inspired storytelling, acclaimed author Minh Lê and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Dan Santat carry readers on a journey of ups, downs, and twists and turns that will send hearts--and imaginations--soaring. *"Beautiful" ---School Library Journal, starred review *"Dazzling"---Publishers Weekly, starred review *"Delightful"---School Library Connection, starred review *"Immersive"---Booklist, starred review *"Inspired"---Kirkus Reviews, starred review
