Delighted to share the news of the latest children’s book from Sue Wickstead, David’s Bathtime Adventure available in Ebook and in print from November 9th perfect gift for the younger family members.
About the book
David loves his bath time!
As Mum fills the bath with water, David gets himself ready for a swimming adventure.
With toys and his fishing gear, he certainly enjoys splashing around in the water.
(And making a mess for Mum!)
Where will his imagination take him?
Learning through Play
(Water)
Children love splashing and pouring, spraying and making waves.
It enhances their creativity and imagination and provides opportunities for some wonderful investigation and scientific learning.
Finding out what sinks, what floats, testing and idea.
Developing awareness of the physical world.
One of the early reviews for the book
My family have been fans of Sue’s books since we read the first jayjay book and this one is just as good.
It follows David, who we met in the last book about bin day, as he is getting ready for a bath.
As is usual with children getting ready he has to take lots of things in with him and keeps getting out of the bath to collect things, and has great fun splashing around.
Both my daughters loved it and thought it was great, and my wife liked it because the way David acted is exactlyike our two do in the bath, especially with getting more water on the floor than in the actual bath.
Yet another great book from Sue, which we highly recommend.
Head over to buy the ebook: Amazon UK – And: Amazon US
A small selection of books by Sue Wickstead
Read the reviews and buy the books: Amazon UK – And: Amazon US – More reviews: Goodreads – Website/Blog: Sue Wickstead – Facebook: Stories Sue – Facebook: Teacher Page – Twitter: @JayJayBus – LinkedIn: Sue Wickstead
About Sue Wickstead
Sue Wickstead is a teacher and an author with Award winning books.
Shortlisted in the Wishing Shelf Book awards. and has written children’s picture books with a bus theme. In addition, she has also written a photographic history book about the real bus behind her story writing.
Her bus stories are about a playbus. Have you ever been on a Playbus?
When Sue’s two children were young, they attended a playgroup on a bus, but not an ordinary bus taking you on a journey, exciting though this is, but a Playbus stuffed full of toys to capture their imagination!
For over 20 years, alongside her teaching career, she worked with the charity, the Bewbush Playbus Association.
As part of the committee she painted the bus, worked in the groups, helped raise the profile of the project and its work and was part of the team involved in raising funds to replace the old bus with a newer vehicle. This led her to write a photographic history book about it.
‘It really was a fun journey to be involved in’, said Sue. The bus really got into her blood and became a work of the heart.
Having written the history book Sue soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a ‘Playbus’ and they wanted to know more. So, she decided to write a fictional tale, 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 project 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 continues.nbsp;
Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will head over to pre-order Sue’s new book… thanks Sally.
this looks so cute and funny
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It was based on my little brother. He certainly was very comical.
He’s still known as ‘Giggles’.
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so perfect and the best nickname ever
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Yep. he is ‘Giggles’ and certainly keeps us giggling at times.
Although it’s more my grandson these days .
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Thanks Beth..xx
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Aww, thank you Sally.
This was certainly a lovely surprise today after my Zumba.
Thank you for your blog.
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Happy to share Sue..♥
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It certainly was a ‘Spooky’ connection as today had two further story posts out of the blue.
A welcome push getting me back into action.
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Fantastic Sue…hugsx
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The illustrations look great! Congrats on the fab review, Sue. Wishing you all the best. Thanks for sharing, Sally. Hugs 💕🙂
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Thank you Harmony.
My littlee (not so little) brother still makes us laugh.
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😁💖
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Thanks Harmony ♥
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Adorable! Reminds me of bath time with my granddaughters! Congrats Sue! Thanks Sally for the great review. I think my granddaughters would love Sue’s books. 💕C
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I am sure they would Cheryl.. lovely illustrations and relateable stories.. ♥
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Not bathtime but with my grandson we have done a lot of painting which ended up all over him so the only way was to clean him in the bath.
He did enjoy this and we did giggle, but at least the paint was all washed off.
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Congratulations to Sue! This looks like a wonderfully fun story. Thanks, Sally!
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Thanks Jan ♥
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Yes, children and play can be so funny.
My brother loved Jacque Cousteau and wanted to be a deep sea diver.
He was a good swimmer and did do scuba diving which he sort of practiced in his bath. lol
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What a cute story about a favorite activity.
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Thanks Jacqui.. hugsx
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Indeed children still love the bath even if the showe has sort of taken over these days.
Children love playing in the bath.
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Do parents put toddlers in the shower? Mine are in their 30’s. I’ve lost track of how to bathe a baby!
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My children are also very grown up.
But my grandson loves his bath and I don’t think a shower is a good idea, however a shower head to play with is fun… so my grandson thinks.
I certainly remember bathing my two in a bathtub on the floor.
I wonder what happens when baths are replaced with showers. Luckily we still have a bath.
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Thanks Michael..hugsx
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Sounds a wonderful book. Thanks for the information, Sally! Will also forward. I think women are the best authors when a book for children is about real life scenes and happenings. Men, especially as fathers, usually have a cruel flashback, in remembrance what all was tested out not to sink. 😉 hugsx Michael
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Father’s do like to share some of the more harsher life’s lessons sometimes… not always a bad thing but for the little children I think Sue’s books and the other children’s books I have read do the job very nicely..hugsx
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Yes definatley a flashback to my brother but now also my grandson too.
I’m sure my children loved the bath too but somehow I don’t recall… probably being a mum!
But I do remeber David, my brother playing with my son in the paddling pool with a rubber ring on his head!
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Great! Very often the best novels evolve from own experiences. Thanks, Michael.
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What a fun book! I immediately thought of my little brother, who liked to play “high seas” in the bathtub, causing water to drip through the ceiling below and onto my mother’s kitchen radio. Not cool, George.
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Lol.. I can imagine Liz… but a bath does offer such a wonderful world of adventure and imagination for a child. I am with George..hugsx
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Oh dear.
Yes I suppose you had to make sure there were more bubbles to make it deeper rather than filled to the top with water.
Oops, did George get in trouble?
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Oh, yes, George got in trouble for his voyages on the high seas!
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I think my brothers adventures were more under the water as he loved ‘Jaques Cousteau’. But probably just as much splashing and water on the floor.
Lucily not through the ceiling.
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What an adorable book. I just love the cover, and what kid doesn’t love water play and splashing in the tub. Congrats to Sue on the new book and the wonderful early review. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Sally.
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Thanks very much Diana… colourful and cheerful..♥
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Yes, splashing about in the water can be a lot of fun!
As long asthere are toys to play with too.
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What a sweet and fun book.
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Thank you
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Lol, my comment went and posted on its own. I wanted to say I love the cover, and all the colorful covers on Sue’s books too. Congrats to Sue for the lovely review. ❤
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Thanks Debby, children’s books are always so positive.. well mostly and certainly Sue’s are a delight ♥♥
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Thanks for that comment too Sally.
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Thanks again Debbie.
I think the illustrator captured the fun of the occasion. David always made us giggle, still does.
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I would agree Sue 🙂
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I rarely take baths anymore—much more of a daily shower guy. It is humorous to think of a guy bringing his fishing equipment into the tub.
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Lol Pete… xxx
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I must admit that these days showers are certainly the thing.
During lockdown I did comment that I had had baths more, maybe because there was more time.
As to my brother and the toys, somehow… don’t know why…. he was given a life-jacket.
In the story I changed it to a rubber ring but yes he loved his toys.
He did have a ‘Billy Blast off’ toy which he loved too.
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That sounds fantastic – congratulations to Sue. The sort of “everyday” adventure children love. Toni x
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Quite Toni… thanks ♥
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Thank you.
It certainly was an every day adventure for my brother!
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Congratulations to Sue! It looks gorgeous!
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Thanks Olga ♥
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