Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
"Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty" written by David Levinthal and John Nickle is about an officer named Binky who gets called to solve mysteries from different story book characters. He gets to visit each story and help them solve their problems. The real question is: can he help every character?The illustrations in this story are very detailed. Each page is filled with a colorful background. There are some pages that have the picture filling up the entire thing, and on some pages there are blocks of pictures showing different scenes sprt of like a comic book. Changing up the pattern helps catch the readers attention. . Bright colors are used for one storybook mystery, while black and white are used for another. One great characteristic of the illustrations is the facial expressions of each character. There is so much detail put into each one of them and it makes for a more realistic story. The different borders around the illustrations draw the attention to the picture, which helps the reader tie it in with the text. This story is good for young readers because they can feel engaged and help Officer Binky solve the mysteries. it keeps kids interested and it has a spooky vibe. This is a great story for young kids also because it involves some classic fairy tales. I love me some good fractured fairy tales, so when I saw this I got excited. It took me about five minutes to read this afternoon, and I wasn't as impressed as I hoped to be. There are five tales included, and most of them didn't really contain much imagination or new information. Spoiler alert: Goldilocks was, in fact, the culprit! It's a cute book, though, with nice illustrations and varied layouts on each page. Hopefully the little guy will enjoy it!
What do You think about Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?: And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries (2012)?
Very funny! Written like old-fashioned detective stories.
—Cwilliams
Art work is a bit creepy, story line is tired.
—Pari
