Today I am reviewing a children’s book, which I read to and with my daughter. The book in question is Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus, which was written by Sue Wickstead and published 10th October 2014.
About the Book
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.
Purchase Links –
Web site: www.suewickstead.co.uk
http://bit.ly/JJKSupersonic – Amazon .co.uk
http://amzn.to/2BxvU2l – Amazon .com
Waterstones http://bit.ly/2F9DSQ5
WH Smiths http://bit.ly/2TtCr2I
Book depository http://bit.ly/2Ax6VcZ
Foyles http://bit.ly/2Ffm71U
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/2GXLTdq
Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus will be 99p until 22nd April.
Special Blitz offer: A free 3D bus which can be claimed via web site ‘Enquiry button using ref code JJay (www.suewickstead.co.uk) Additional bus models and books also offered as a promotion on request.
My Review
I was really looking forward to reading this book with Amelia, my 5 year old daughter, as she loves buses so I thought this book would be perfect for her.
Neither of us were disappointed as the book itself has some lovely pictures in it and the story was entertaining enough to keep the pair of us entertained.
The story follows Jay-Jay the bus who is in a breakers yard at the beginning of the book feeling very sorry for himself, when some people come along and take him away.
They perform some magic on him and bring him back to his glory days and use him to help teach children learn and play at the same time.
Once he is nicely painted and ready for the children he is taken to an airport during the school holidays and all the children get to play on him and everyone is happy.
This is a very nice feel-good book, which Amelia has picked up numerous times for us to read together in the evenings.
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a Rafflecopter giveaway https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.jsAbout the Author
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.
Social Media Links –
https://www.suewickstead.co.uk/
Facebook: – Author Page http://bit.ly/2kEEhPq
http://bit.ly/2kXfjdj – Bewbush Playbus
http://bit.ly/2BZiews – Teacher in the cupboard
Twitter https://twitter.com/JayJayBus
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Thank you for taking part in the blog blitz I am glad that neither you or your daughter were disappointed.
I am glad you enjoyed the lovely pictures and found the story entertaining.
It was indeed a lovely place for children to safely play whenever and it is good to know its story goes on.
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