The Cow Tripped Over the Moon and Other Nursery Rhyme Emergencies

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall … but what happened next?

Here comes the ambulance! it’s on its way. Who’s had an accident in Storyland today? We all know that nursery rhymes are dangerous things – you could get trampled by all the king’s horses, have your nose pecked off by blackbirds, or even fall off a bough as you sleep! Luckily, the Storyland Ambulance Crew are on hand to patch everyone up. Jeanne Willis’s whimsical text works perfectly with Joel Stewart’s hilarious illustrations in this rollicking twist on classic nursery rhymes.

Review

Wildly funny, with rollicking rhymes and lots of lovely detail and humour in the pictures, children will pore over the pages of the delightful read-aloud book — Marilyn Brocklehurst * The Bookseller *

About the Author

Jeanne Willis has had successful careers both in advertising and as an author writing over eighty picture books, poetry books, television scripts and novels for children. Her teenage novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and Dumb Creatures was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her other novels include the Goffins series, Shamanka (9781844286492) and Grandad and John (9781844288984); and her picture books include Wild Child (9781406323085), Mummy, Do You Love Me? (9780744570847), Never Too Little to Love (9780744596502) and Emily Peppermint’s Toy School (9781406332926). She lives in London, N14.

Joel Stewart has illustrated several celebrated children’s books including The Adventures of a Nose (9780744581386) by Viviane Schwarz and The Jabberwocky (9781844284764) by Lewis Carroll. He lives in London, E17.