Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Slide
Humpty Dumpty sat on the slide
Humpty Dumpty was rather wide
Everyone laughed at the egg who was stuck,
And Humpty laughed too, ‘Oh well, rotten luck’
Humpty Dumpty waiting to play. Humpty Dumpty waiting ALL DAY. Poor Humpty Dumpty cant catch a break! He tries to join in but makes a few mistakes. Can Humpty make friends with all the kings horses and all the kings men? A rhyming story about kindness , inclusion, and being a good friend.
Released by Scholastic in June, 2020, this book is illustrated by Laura Wood and is a sibling to The Cow Tripped Over the Moon, Hickory Dickory Dash and Baa Baa Blue Sheep.
CBCA Reading Time Review
Humpty was reviewed positively on the Reading Time blog run by the CBCA.
Whilst we all think we can predict a shattering turn of events when Humpty Dumpty takes to his local playground, with Tony Wilson and Laura Wood at the helm there are giggles and unexpected turns in Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Slide. With their success in The Cow Tripped Over the Moon, which was read by hundreds and thousands of children for ALIA’s Simultaneous Storytime in 2017, in this refreshed fairy tale, Humpty tackles an everyday challenge. He tries to make friends at school and to navigate parties and playgrounds. As Humpty is a little bit different from everyone else, things don’t quite go to plan.
Readers will discover how the Humpty Dumpty we all think we know, is capable of surprising us all. With rhyming text for reading aloud and illustrations featuring some familiar fairy tale characters, Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Slide is a delightful picture book to share with children age 3 and over.
Reviewed by Angela Brown
It was also reviewed by Fran Knight for Read Plus.
Humpty and Kim Kane
Children’s book writer Kim Kane is an old friend of mine from law school at Melbourne University. She’s written the excellent Ginger Green series and picture books like Esther’s Rainbow and Family Forest. We often share the texts that we are working on and with this one, it was Kim who said, ‘Humpty’s an egg, he could be fragile, you could do bullying!’ So that’s how this one started, and as a result, Humpty is dedicated to my friend Kim. Here she is launching The Cow Tripped Over the Moon at the The Little Bookroom in 2015. Her launch speech is on my website Speakola.
