H is for Harry: 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 H is for Harry: Harry the Higgledy-Piggledy Hosepipe It’s not easy being a hosepipe. Most of the time you’re under a lot of pressure and when you’re not, you feel all floppy and listless. You’re also tied – fixed to a tap – so you can’t just go wandering off on your own.
If you reach the end of your tether, then that’s where you’ll be. At the end of your tether.
Harry is always getting himself tied up in knots because he’s VERY higgledy-piggledy but this comes in useful when Crankworth - that very naughty pussy cat - falls down the well. You know the song “Ding dong dell…..pussy’s down the well.”
It’s a good job Queenie is quick thinking and a good job too that Harry can’t wait to prove he’s brave and strong and handsome… handsome? How brave, strong and vain more likely!
www.boodlebobs.com/glenda HARRY THE HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY HOSEPIPE By Jo Kemp
This is a story all about Harry and yes, he’s a hosepipe.
It’s not easy being a hosepipe. You’re under a lot of pressure and when you’re not, you feel all floppy and listless.
You’re also tied – fixed to a tap - so you can’t just go wandering off on your own. If you reach the end of your tether, then that’s where you’ll be. At the end of your tether.
But Harry was a very LONG hosepipe. In fact, he was so long, he didn’t even know where the tap was or even if it was in the same country.
For all, he knew it could be as far away as Madagascar. And being so long also caused him a problem. He often ended up in knots.
“Why am I so higgledy-piggledy?” he wondered undoing a granny. “I wish someone could straighten me out?”
“HELP!” called Malcolm the moth, frantically flying around in circles, “CRANKWORTH THE CAT IS STUCK DOWN THE WELL!”
(He was very loud for a moth).
www.boodlebobs.com/harry “Oh dear,” thought Harry, “I’d better go and see if I can help,” So gathering up his loops and coils, he tripped and stumbled across the lawn.
“Ding-dong bell, pussy’s down the well!” chorused the House Mites laughing and rolling around on the grass.
They didn’t much care for Crankworth, so they thought this was really, really funny!
“It’s NOT funny!” scolded Queenie the quilt, “Poor Crankworth must be scared out of his wits!”
“It’s usually HIM who scares us out of our wits,” retorted the House Mites and carried on laughing even louder.
Queenie peered over the edge of the well as Crankworth looked up forlornly. “Gosh, it’s a long way down,” she thought. Poor Crankworth looked so small and helpless.
He also looked very far away.
www.boodlebobs.com/harry www.boodlebobs.com/harry Harry peered over the edge. “I’ll pop down and take a look,” he volunteered, and Queenie smiled. “Oh”, she said, “You are so brave, so long and so handsome!”
This made Harry feel very brave, long and handsome. “Stand aside,” he said and launched himself into the well.
“I’m very glad to see you,” said Crankworth as Harry neatly dropped down beside him. “I thought I’d never get out.”
“I’ll have you out of here in no time,” said Harry and by going all higgledy-piggledy, he made himself into a loop big enough to fit around Crankworth.
“Haul away!” called Harry.
Everyone pulled - even the House Mites and slowly Crankworth rose to the surface.
Safely back in the garden, he stepped out of the loop and felt rather foolish.
www.boodlebobs.com/harry “Thank you. I promise I’ll NEVER to chase anyone ever again,” he said while making sure his fingers – his claws - were crossed behind his back.
But something was wrong? Harry was going a funny colour. He went from garden green to a nasty shade of purple.
Not only that, he was getting fatter and fatter and fatter.
“I can’t release the pressure! I’m going to explode!” he spluttered.
“The knot’s too tight!” gasped Queenie, “Quick!! We’ve got to find the tap and turn off the water!”
“What? Go all the way to Madagascar?” cried the House Mites.
“No, I’ll find the tap, it can’t be that far away,” said Malcolm the moth flying around in circles, “We’ll go too,” said the House Mites.
“And me,” added Queenie.
www.boodlebobs.com/harry www.boodlebobs.com/harry Everyone disappeared into the undergrowth and followed Harry’s long green hosepipe as it continued to get fatter and fatter.
“Here’s the tap!” called Queenie at last and suddenly, Spencer the spanner, who’d heard all the commotion, appeared beside her.
CLONK!! With one quick blow, the tap turned off and Harry’s fat body subsided.
“Oh…Thank you!” said Queenie, now more interested in Spencer than she had been in Harry, “You’re so STRONG and so brave and so handsome.”
“Just doing my job,” smiled Spencer.
Harry bounced over and looped out of his knots. He wanted to play higgledy-piggled with Queenie…
But now she only had eyes for Spencer leaving Harry feeling a bit of a drip. Poor Harry.
Remaining Queenie’s favourite was obviously KNOT meant to be!
The end.
www.boodlebobs.com/harry ‘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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“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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