What Really Happened to Humpty?
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Published by Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S., 2010
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A scrambled mess . . .Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Or--as his brother Detective Joe Dumpty thinks--was he pushed? This case isnP#39;t all itP#39;s cracked up to be. Suspects are plenty (as are the puns) in this scrambled story of nursery rhyme noir. Was it Little Miss Muffet? ThereP#39;s something not right about her tuffet. Or could it have been Chicken Little, whoP#39;s always been a little cagey? Or was it the Big Bad Wolf, whoP#39;s got a rap sheet as long as a moonless night? JoeP#39;s on the beat and determined to find the truth.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Readers of all ages will delight in the word play and hilarious illustrations in this mystery of what really happened to Humpty Dumpty on that fateful day.
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- Title
- What Really Happened to Humpty?
- Author
- Jeanie Franz Ransom
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1580893910
- ISBN 13
- 9781580893916
- Illustrator
- Axelsen, Stephen
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Nursery-Rhyme Mysteries
A scrambled mess . . .
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Or--as his brother Detective Joe Dumpty thinks--was he pushed? This case isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suspects are plenty (as are the puns) in this scrambled story of nursery rhyme noir. Was it Little Miss Muffet? There's something not right about her tuffet. Or could it have been Chicken Little, who's always been a little cagey? Or was it the Big Bad Wolf, who's got a rap sheet as long as a moonless night? Joe's on the beat and determined to find the truth.
Readers of all ages will delight in the word play and hilarious illustrations in this mystery of what really happened to Humpty Dumpty on that fateful day.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Or--as his brother Detective Joe Dumpty thinks--was he pushed? This case isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suspects are plenty (as are the puns) in this scrambled story of nursery rhyme noir. Was it Little Miss Muffet? There's something not right about her tuffet. Or could it have been Chicken Little, who's always been a little cagey? Or was it the Big Bad Wolf, who's got a rap sheet as long as a moonless night? Joe's on the beat and determined to find the truth.
Readers of all ages will delight in the word play and hilarious illustrations in this mystery of what really happened to Humpty Dumpty on that fateful day.
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About the Author
Jeanie Franz Ransom is the author of several books, including WHAT PARENTS DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT HOME and GRANDMA U. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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