19 | July | 2019 | Nesie's Place

5/5 Stars!

What a cute story, and that it’s based on a real bus—the Bewbush Playbus—makes it even better!

Jay-Jay is a special bus full of toys that travels around the city visiting children during school holidays. As the end of the holidays approach, everyone works to get Jay-Jay ready for the big carnival.

On the way to the carnival, Jay-Jay encounters a problem and driver Alex is nervous they won’t get to the carnival in time. But two kind men help to make sure Jay-Jay isn’t late for the celebration, and he and Alex will see one of the kind men again.

Jay-Jay and the Carnival shows children good simple examples of overcoming adversity, kindness, and having a team spirit.

I recommend Jay-Jay’s story as a good read for early and intermediate readers or group story time.

Enjoy!

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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?

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Purchase Links

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Also available via Gardner’s and Bertram’s wholesalers

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Author Bio

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.