E is for Eva: Author Information
Jo Kemp is a British author who wrote the original scripts for ‘Chorlton and the Wheelies’ and ‘Jamie and the Magic Torch’. She went on to produce over 100 episodes of ‘The Raggy Dolls’ for Yorkshire TV through her own film production company.
Boodle Books first appeared in the 1980’s and were taken up by Thurman Publishing of ‘Mr Men’ fame who published six titles.
Boodle Books became BoodleBobs and 2021 saw the release of Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book containing the completed 26 stories.
Released on-line with cartoons, audiobooks and print media, Jo narrates the stories providing the voice for Grannie Annie.
Her latest work ‘The Hourglass’ is the first in a series of young adult fantasy books. www.boodlebobs.com/hourglass/ Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book 26 stories, one for each letter of the alphabet Illustrator Information Granny Annie’s ‘Ultimate Alphabet Book’ is a different approach to alphabet books insofar as it’s written to expand children’s vocabulary and their imagination. Luke Kemp can take much of the credit for Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book being a lifelong fan of his mum’s work. As a child living Every letter of the alphabet is catered for with characters that are engaging and in Manchester, Luke would listen to the stories Jo made up for him and lasting; in situations that young people can relate to in their everyday lives. these made a lasting impression.
Fast forward a few decades and now as a content creator/web “I AM NOT AFRAID OF BIG WORDS and playfully encourage their developer, Luke pressed Jo to complete all 26 (A-Z) BoodleBobs usage. If the stories are being read out loud, I’m mindful of the
stories. But when the project started, and with little budget to speak grown-ups too having made each story funny and intriguing.” of, Luke had no idea how many hats he’d (ultimately) end up wearing. Concept design, illustration, animation, sound production, content creation and web development. Not just for one but for all 26 stories.
It’s fair to say that along the way BoodleBobs has had its fair share of Buy The Book setbacks but with persistence and an unwavering belief in the stories Granny Annie’s ‘Ultimate Alphabet Book’ he loved as a child, the project has reached fruition with the release of www.boodlebobs.com/book-store/ Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book. Competition Prize draw, how to enter. www.boodlebobs.com/competition/
This book has been created by SEO-Hampshire Free To Download & Read Online Web development / Content design / SEO Services PDF Story Cartoons Find us @ www.seo-hampshire.com MP3 Audiobook Translated Stories Educational Materials E is for Eva: Eva the Energetic Egg Timer They laughed when they saw Eva in the henhouse. “Oh, my word and glory be! Now there’s a funny thing to see in a henhouse!”
Eva, being an egg timer, finds she has a lot of time on her hands so after exasperating her friends with excessive counting, she ventures outside to count how long it might take for a hen to lay an egg.
Now there are children who don’t really know where eggs come from and there are also children who don’t know how frightening foxes are if they manage to get into the hen house. This exciting story is therefore enlightening on both counts and fortunately, Eva’s there to save the day (and the hens!).
www.boodlebobs.com/dorothy EVA THE ENERGETIC EGG TIMER By Jo Kemp
This is a story all about Eva and yes, she’s an egg timer.
Because timing eggs only takes minutes, Eva had a lot of time on her hands. It gave her time to think so she thought a lot about chocolate.
Bars of chocolate, boxes of chocolates, chocolate biscuits, chocolate cake – anything so long as it was chocolate.
But there had to be more to life than chocolate?
Just then, Freddie the fly scratched his nose and this gave Eva an idea.
“I wonder how many times he does that in a minute?”
“In fact, I wonder who does what, how often and when…?”
So she started timing everyone and everyone got very fed up.
Boodlebobs [EP-03] - EVA THE ENERGETIC EGG TIMER www.boodlebobs.com/evawww.boodlebobs.com/eva “STOP!!!” said Ivy the Iron putting her hands over her ears. “Everyone is tired of being timed and told about it...” “STOP!!!” “PLEASE go back to timing eggs!”
“In fact, why don’t you go and find out how long it takes to LAY an egg?”
Eva thought this was a BRILLIANT idea.
In no time at all, she arrived at the henhouse where two lovely soft hens were chattering about what hens always chatter about…
…eggs.
They laughed when they saw Eva. “Oh my word and glory be! Now’s there’s a funny thing to see in a henhouse!”
“Can I time how long it takes you to lay an egg?” asked Eva.
“Yes, but we can’t be hurried,” they clucked. “You can’t hurry an egg, Oh dearie me no!”
www.boodlebobs.com/eva www.boodlebobs.com/eva So Eva set her timer and settled down but then suddenly something TERRIBLE happened! A black shiny nose poked into the Henhouse.
And under that nose were BIG sharp teeth! It was Ferdinand THE FOX!!! “Good afternoon ladies,” he said slyly, “I’ve come FOR MY TEA!.” and he slavered and licked his lips.
“OH CLUCK!!!” It’s f.. f…f…f….fox!” flapped Henrietta.
And in a flash of foxy red fur, Ferdinand pounced into the henhouse but much to his surprise, there was Eva.
“Oh no you don’t!” she said angrily just as her alarm went off. “BRINGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!”
“What the f..f…f…flipping heck was that?!” exclaimed Ferdinand.
And he tripped over his tail and landed at the feet of Cornelius, a large and magnificent cockerel who gave him a well placed PECK! “YE-OWW!” squealed Ferdinand as he high-tailed it out of the Henhouse.
www.boodlebobs.com/eva “AND WHOM, MAY I ASK, ARE YOU?” Cornelius enquired, looking down at Eva.
Eva was TERRIFIED.
Never before had she seen such a huge magnificent cockerel.
“You leave her be!” said Henrietta, “Eva just saved us from being eaten by that wicked old fox!”
“I’m an egg timer,” Eva whispered.
“A FOX SCARER more like!” boomed Cornelius, lowering his magnificent head.
“How would you like to come here more often?”
“I’d like that very much,” whispered Eva.
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Back in the kitchen, Eva told Ivy all about her adventure. “Well I never!” she said just as Cornelius strutted in and it was Ivy’s turn to tremble.
Ivy had seen many cockerels in her time but never one as big and magnificent as Cornelius.
“This is to say thank you,” he said gently and presented Eva with a large brown egg.
It was a most beautiful large brown egg. It was the most beautiful egg she’d ever seen because as Eva was soon to find out…
…it was an egg made entirely of.. Chocolate!
The end.
34 www.boodlebobs.com/eva ‘Granny Annie’ loves reading BoodleBobs stories. They make her laugh, teach us all about language and often have a moral too. Adjectives, Nouns & Verbs Explained The Ultimate Alphabet BoodleBobs stories are formatted to use a name, an adjective and a noun For example, Wally the Wobbling Wellington. Each of the 26 Ultimate Alphabet stories Here we have the name (Wally), the adjective (Wobbling) and the noun (Wellington). uses alliteration. This makes them easy to identify with while lending melody to Name the titles. The stories are formatted to use a My name is Granny Annie and thank you for reading my book. name, a noun and an adjective.
What Is An Adjective?
Adjectives are descriptive words about a person, an animal, a thing, or a thought. It tells you something about it (the noun). Josie the Jolly Jam Jar. Dorothy the Dancing Doughnut. Percy the Peeping Pot Plant
What Is A Noun?
A noun can tell you who or what it is. A noun is ‘a something’. It’s a word that identifies something like a person, a place, an idea or a thing. I like the BOY next door (a person). I have been to LONDON (a place) I have got a PLAN (an idea) I’m going to climb that TREE (a thing)
What Are Verbs?
Verb’s are used to describe an action ‘Billy ate an apple’. An occurrence ‘Billy decided to swim’. Or a state of being ‘Billy went to the shop.’ It does get more complicated but – as rule of thumb – just remember these three things…
Nouns are people, places or things… Adjectives describe these things… Verbs are used to describe an action or a state of being related to these things… Andre Boris Cameron Dorothy Eva Frank
Glenda Harry Ivy Josie Katy Lucy
Morris Nigel Ollie Percy Queenie Raj
Samuel Terrencel Una Vera Wally Xavier
A – Andre the Artistic Apron N – Nigel the Niggly Napkin B – Boris the Brainy Book O – Ollie the Off-hand Ostrich C – Cameron the Courageous Cabinet P – Percy the Peeping Pot Plant D – Dorothy the Dancing Doughnut Q – Queenie the Quivering Quilt
E – Eva the Energetic Egg Timer Yousef Zac R – Raj the Rambling Radiator F – Frank the Forgetful Frisbee S – Samuel the Sliding Sausage G – Glenda the Gregarious Gherkin T – Terence the Terrible Tap H – Harry the Higgledy-Piggledy Hosepipe Click the title to visit the web page U – Una the Up-turned Umbrella I – Ida the Incredible Ironing Board V – Vera the Voracious Vacuum J – Josie the Jolly Jam Jar W – Wally the Wobbling Wellington K – Katie the Karate Kicking Kettle X – Xavier the Xenophobic Xylophone L – Lucy the Luminous Lamp Y – Yousef the Yearning Yucca M – Morris the Messy Mop 26 Short stories. One for each letter of the alphabet. Z – Zac the Zealous Zucchini www.boodlebobs.com/zac *’Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book’ limited stock set aside free for schools. See availibility @ www.boodlebobs.com/granny-annie COMPETITION Prize draw, how to enter www.boodlebobs.com/competition
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Download Audiobooks Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet - Stories by Jo Kemp, individual downloads as .MP3 or .PDF Also by Jo Kemp. Hourglass book one ‘The Turning’ Genre: Fantasy / Sci-Fi www.boodlebobs.com/audiobooks/ Price £9.99
Manifested out of ancient folklore, the Hourglass must be turned to keep the balance between Order and Chaos. Should the Turning fail, the Alternate Prophesies decree Chaos would rule, hastening an inevitable Armageddon.
The Turning can only be implemented by the Foundling and this is where the story begins.
Raif, a boy with a passion for clocks and no inkling of his future has a recurring vision of colossal waterspouts unaware this vision is shared by the villainous Darke.
He is chosen as the Foundling Elect to succeed Canatu who is mysteriously murdered. Darke, having been instrumental in this murder, desires power absolute and to achieve this has to prevent the Turning but where is the Hourglass hidden? And will it be found in time?
Drawn in by a gilded clock gifted to him, Raif is flung into the adventure of a lifetime while being hunted relentlessly by Darke and his evil forces. He has cause to call into question the improbability of coincidence as he’s catapulted from the Dorset countryside to the terrifying catacombs below Paris and finally to the barren shores of the Arrid Sea and a spectacular showdown. But is this the end or just the beginning...
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www.boodlebobs.com And finally, a last word from Granny Annie
“Thank you for reading and I hope ALL these short A-Z stories have been as much fun for the adults as they’ve been for the children.” Each story from Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book has its own webpage where you can watch, download and listen.
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The end. • • L 26 SHORT STORIES ONE FOR EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET X:• BY Jo Kemp
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