A fantastically funny picture book that will have you wriggling and giggling your socks off!
Nick Sharratt (Author, Illustrator)
Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children
including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won
numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield
Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has
also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's
books. Nick lives in Hove.
Elizabeth Lindsay (Author)
Elizabeth Lindsay has worked as an actress, puppeteer and
scriptwriter and is now a full time children's fiction author. She
has written several series, amongst them, Magic Pony and Silverlake
Fairy School. She lives in Gloucestershire on the side of a steep
hill with a fabulous view.
Rich in fun language, this book is the perfect prompt for you and
your child to make up your own silly stories with a sock on each
little (and grown-up) hand.
*Junior*
We've been reading 2 books recently that combine silliness and
laughter into easy to read picture books; Socks by Nick Sharratt
and co-author Elizabeth Lindsay and Dance Together Dinosaurs by
Jane Clarke and illustrated by Lee Wildish. Two books that
definitely make us giggle!
Sockywockydoodah! If you thought socks were just for keeping your
toes warm then you have to read Socks. Who knew you could do so
much with your socks?! There are sock animals, sock people and even
sock instruments. What we loved about this book was the
illustrations; everything is in back and white except for the
socks! There are multi-coloured socks, patterned socks and stripy
socks. We loved reading about Goldisocks and the three cross bears
and the search for the Sock Ness Monster. There are lots of silly
sock-related words but that just added to the fun of the book which
is what reading is all about in our eyes; having fun!
*http://yummymummyflabbytummy.blogspot.com/2012/01/books-that-make-us-giggle.html*
Award-winning children's illustrator and author Nick Sharratt has
teamed up with fellow author Elizabeth Lindsay to produce Socks
(David Fickling Books, hardback, £10.99), a brilliantly clever
picture book which celebrates the nation's favourite footwear.
We're talking big and bold here... big pictures, big writing and
big, barmy adventures! There's a smiling sockodile, a dozing
hipposockamus, an eight-legged socktopus and even a Sock Ness
Monster enjoying a summer holiday.
Pages of silly big words containing socks such as Socywockydoodah,
Sockywockychoochoo train will enchant little ones who can work
their way through a series of sock animals, storytime characters,
objects, transport and even greedy-guts Goldisocks.
The rhyming story is full of sockywocky fun, socks of every design
and colour and will keep kids (and grown-ups) in stocking stitches
for hours on end!
*Blackpool Gazette*
The jokes are thick and fast in this noisy, colourful celebration
of the sock. Excellent for reading aloud, with big and bold
illustrations to match.
*The Guardian*
This is the perfect way to inspire young children to be creative by
taking the simplest of everyday objects and transforming it into
something new.
*Daily Mail*
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