Cover Reveal: Sparky The Dragon Bus @JayJayBus @rararesources #Sparky #childrensbook

Sparky The Dragon Bus

Sparky isn’t your typical double-decker bus.

Behind the dragon and magical paintings, she’s full of fun and adventures for all children.

Jump aboard to find out what makes Sparky so special.

Sue is back with another exciting tale and is ready to introduce us to Sparky.

 

Bright, colorful and another exciting bus related tale!

 

Pre order below:

 

UK                             USA

 

You can find reviews for Sue’s other books below…

Jay-Jay and The Carnival    Jay-Jay his island adventure and where it all started Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus A Spooky Tale

 

 

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am an author and a teacher and have written six children’s picture books, all with a bus included somewhere.

Having been able to share my first book, ‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus’, it was time to think about writing a book for younger readers.

While visiting a local school the children were writing stories about a journey, we read Jay-Jay’s book and then I remembered a book that I had written some years before and I read this to the class too, and they loved it.

The original story was based on a walk with my class around the neighbourhood of Bewbush, Crawley. The walk had led to map work and sequencing. Then together with the class I wrote an imaginative adventure.

The events we imagined were put into a class book. The book was shared with many classes and it was always a favourite.

Now years later I decided it was time to update, improve and look at publishing the book.

There is indeed a walk around the district of Bewbush. and following the publication of the book I went back to see if and how the neighbourhood had changed.

‘Oh, I see you have written a book without a bus!’ commented a friend.

But, look through the pages and you will see there always has to be a bus!

The neighbourhood of Bewbush was a new estate built in Crawley town in the 1970’s. The area was built without any shops, school or safe places for children to play. It was an area of high need and was supported by a special playbus which offered a much-needed playgroup venue.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share my stories. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

 

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

 

Jay Jay Bus books  https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

  Playbus page

Book Review: A Spooky Tale – A Walk With Our Teacher @JayJayBus @rararesources #childrensbook

A Spooky Tale – A Walk With Our Teacher

When the teacher decided to take the class out on a walk the children did not want to go … But… What could possibly go wrong? why did the class not feel well? Read the book to find out.

 

Our Thoughts.

Another great book from Sue, everywhere the children went on their journey around the village they had to face something scary! When the bus was full of monsters!

Having been out with a group of school kids recently I can totally understand why the teacher got ill! It was exhausting!

As always brilliantly illustrated and will be winning it’s way to my daughters school once this review goes live.

Reviews for other Sue Wickstead books are below…

Jay-Jay and The Carnival    Jay-Jay his island adventure and where it all started Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus

 

UK                             USA

 

Waterstones                Barnes & Noble

 

Wh Smiths              Foyles

 

 

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am an author and a teacher and have written six children’s picture books, all with a bus included somewhere.

Having been able to share my first book, ‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus’, it was time to think about writing a book for younger readers.

While visiting a local school the children were writing stories about a journey, we read Jay-Jay’s book and then I remembered a book that I had written some years before and I read this to the class too, and they loved it.

The original story was based on a walk with my class around the neighbourhood of Bewbush, Crawley. The walk had led to map work and sequencing. Then together with the class I wrote an imaginative adventure.

The events we imagined were put into a class book. The book was shared with many classes and it was always a favourite.

Now years later I decided it was time to update, improve and look at publishing the book.

There is indeed a walk around the district of Bewbush. and following the publication of the book I went back to see if and how the neighbourhood had changed.

‘Oh, I see you have written a book without a bus!’ commented a friend.

But, look through the pages and you will see there always has to be a bus!

The neighbourhood of Bewbush was a new estate built in Crawley town in the 1970’s. The area was built without any shops, school or safe places for children to play. It was an area of high need and was supported by a special playbus which offered a much-needed playgroup venue.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share my stories. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

 

Jay Jay Bus books  https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

Playbus Page

 

Giveaway to Win 1 x Paperback copy of Daisy Daydreams bus rhymes and joke book (UK Only)

 

 Enter Here

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Book Review: Daisy Daydream the Nursery Rhyme Bus @JayJayBus @rararesources #Daisy #childrensbook

Daisy Daydream

The Nursery Rhyme Bus

Daisy was a happy red bus who loved travelling the busy streets of London.

When newer and shinier buses came along, the older buses like Daisy began to disappear.

would Daisy become one of the forgotten buses, or was something else planned for her?

Our Thoughts.

As always great story, great illustration and always plenty to spark my six year olds imagination!

I have written other reviews for Sue’s books so everything I have said in the past most certainly still applies. So check them out below…

Jay-Jay and The Carnival    Jay-Jay his island adventure and where it all started Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus

 

 

UK                             USA

 

Waterstones                Barnes & Noble

 

Wh Smiths              Foyles

 

 

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am a teacher and an author and have currently written six children’s picture books with a bus theme.

For over 20 years, alongside my teaching career, I worked with a Children’s Charity, The Bewbush Playbus Association, which led me to write a photographic history book about it.

I soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a ‘Playbus’ and they wanted to know more. I decided to write a fictional tale about the bus, his number plate JJK261 gave him his name.

‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus,’ came out in print in 2014. It is the story behind the original bus and is his journey from a scrap-yard to being changed into a playbus for children to play in. From Fact to fiction the bus journey continued.

This story has now been followed by five more picture books.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share the story. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

The story has been read in many schools in the south-East of England, where I teach as a cover teacher, it is always well received and certainly different.

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

 

Jay Jay Bus books  https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

Giveaway to Win 1 x Paperback copy of Daisy Daydreams bus rhymes and joke book (UK Only) 

 Enter Here

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Book Review: Jay-Jay and The Carnival @JayJayBus @rararesources #playbus #childrensbook

Jay-Jay and The Carnival

Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus is a brightly coloured playbus full of toys. He’s always ready for adventure, and after an eventful summer the bus is ready for his journey to the carnival. The children are also excited – but what will happen on the way?

 

Our Thoughts.

My daughter just loves reading these stories! The bright pictures and colours and the adventure. Her older brother will listen to but the amazement and wonder is already drifting away from his imagination! To be replaced with but mum questions.

I will most certainly passes this book onto my kids school when they return in September!

I love Sue Wickstead’s work and will most certainly be an author I miss as I take a step back from book blogging to try and read at least some of my TBR!

 

 

UK                             USA

 

Waterstones                Barnes & Noble

 

The Book Depository 

Wh Smiths              Foyles

 

 

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am a teacher and an author and have currently written six children’s picture books with a bus theme.

For over 20 years, alongside my teaching career, I worked with a Children’s Charity, The Bewbush Playbus Association, which led me to write a photographic history book about it.

I soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a ‘Playbus’ and they wanted to know more. I decided to write a fictional tale about the bus, his number plate JJK261 gave him his name.

‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus,’ came out in print in 2014. It is the story behind the original bus and is his journey from a scrap-yard to being changed into a playbus for children to play in. From Fact to fiction the bus journey continued.

This story has now been followed by five more picture books.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share the story. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

The story has been read in many schools in the south-East of England, where I teach as a cover teacher, it is always well received and certainly different.

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

 

https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

 

Other Resources:   Teacher in the Cupboard             Bewbus Playbus

 

 

Giveaway to Win 1 x Paperback copy of Daisy Daydream the Nursery Rhyme Bus (UK Only)

 

 Enter Here

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Book Review: Jay-Jay his Island Adventure @JayJayBus @rararesources #playbus #childrensbook

Jay-Jay and his Island Adventure

Jay-Jay and his Island Adventure

Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus is not an ordinary bus taking you on a journey. He is a Playbus. Find out what happens when he is invited to an island where the children have never seen a double-decker bus – and certainly not one full of toys!

Our Thoughts.

Sue Wickstead can do no wrong, why hasn’t this author been snapped up by one of the big five! She has returnable lovely characters. How many of us have travelled at speed to get up a ramp and damaged our cars!  and Jay-Jay bus that comes to life! Why isn’t this bus on our television screens?

The imagery in the pictures are clear and crisp and my daughter loves looking closer at them just in case she, she’s missed something!

These books are winning their way to my kids school once we’ve finished with them, where hopefully they will be shared with future generations.

Please tell me there are going to be more to come in the series!

Behind the story:

‘Jay-Jay and his Island Adventure’, was originally written for a Scottish book bus.

‘Play,Talk, Read’ was the project which visited remote areas if Scotland to encourage reading in the very young. It was a great success and the bus even visited the Shetland Islands travelling on a very small ferry.

The children had never seen a double-decker on their island before and certainly not one to play on.

However, the Scottish project was too busy with referendums and with the book ready and edited I changed the name of the bus from Benji, sending Jay-Jay instead.

The island on the cover of the book was based on a piece of mainland Spain which I have visited many times.

Cap D’Or is the promentory near to a little village of Moraira.

The villagers in Moraira invited me to read this book in their library and local schools.

The people in this little village were surprised to find that Jay-Jay was a real bus.

(Jay-Jay may not have got to Spain in reality but in my imagination he did and now all of the books are in the local library in both Teulada and Moraira.)

Memorable moraira – http://bit.ly/2BHCELf

Buy Jay-Jay The Supersonic bus from the links below.

 

UK                             USA

 

Waterstones                Barnes & Noble

 

The Book Depository 

Wh Smiths              Foyles

 

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am a teacher and an author and have currently written six children’s picture books with a bus theme.

For over 20 years, alongside my teaching career, I worked with a Children’s Charity, The Bewbush Playbus Association, which led me to write a photographic history book about it.

I soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a ‘Playbus’ and they wanted to know more. I decided to write a fictional tale about the bus, his number plate JJK261 gave him his name.

‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus,’ came out in print in 2014. It is the story behind the original bus and is his journey from a scrap-yard to being changed into a playbus for children to play in. From Fact to fiction the bus journey continued.

This story has now been followed by five more picture books.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share the story. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

The story has been read in many schools in the south-East of England, where I teach as a cover teacher, it is always well received and certainly different.

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

 

Other Resources:   Teacher in the Cupboard             Bewbus Playbus

 

 

Giveaway to Win Jay Jay and the Carnival (UK Only)

Enter HERE

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Book Review: Jay-Jay The Supersonic Bus @JayJayBus @rararesources #playbus #childrensbook #OneDayBlitz

Jay-Jay The Supersonic Bus

Jay-Jay the bus is rescued from the dirty scrap yard, where he was sadly gathering dust and cobwebs. Feeling nervous yet excited, he is taken to an airport where he is magically transformed into a ‘Playbus’ full of toys, games and adventure.

A fictional tale based on a real-life bus ‘Supersonic’, which flew in the imaginations of the many young children who visited it.

Our Thoughts.

I really enjoyed this book, I liked how this book is clearly the beginning of a series. The book tells the tale of a bus that was found on a scrap yard. One day some people came along and he was pick and renovated into a play bus. This story really captures the imagination of my youngest Melanie. Though at one point Alex was a bit like “they are fitted alot of things on that bus!” This book is ideal for those little ones and a great starting point for hopefully more amazing books to come.

Alex: You liked the book because it tricked me into thinking that the bus was just going to be used at the airport for shuttling passengers 🙂

Melanie: I liked it all.

Buy Jay-Jay The Supersonic bus from the links below.

 

UK                             USA

 

Waterstones                Barnes & Noble

 

The Book Depository 

Wh Smiths              Foyles

Sue tells us about herself…..

I am a teacher and an author and have currently written six children’s picture books with a bus theme.

For over 20 years, alongside my teaching career, I worked with a Children’s Charity, The Bewbush Playbus Association, which led me to write a photographic history book about it.

I soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a ‘Playbus’ and they wanted to know more. I decided to write a fictional tale about the bus, his number plate JJK261 gave him his name.

‘Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus,’ came out in print in 2014. It is the story behind the original bus and is his journey from a scrap-yard to being changed into a playbus for children to play in. From Fact to fiction the bus journey continued.

This story has now been followed by five more picture books.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share the story. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

The story has been read in many schools in the south-East of England, where I teach as a cover teacher, it is always well received and certainly different.

    Author Page      Jay Jay Bus

https://www.suewickstead.co.uk

 

Other Resources:   Teacher in the Cupboard             Bewbus Playbus

Until 22nd April, Jay-Jay The Supersonic Bus is 99P

Special Blitz offer: A free 3D bus which can be claimed via web site ‘Enquiry’ button using ref code JJay (www.suewickstead.co.uk)

Giveaway to Win Jay-Jay and the Island Adventure (UK Only)

Enter HERE

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.