Oliver and Jumpy, Stories 19-21 (Oliver and Jumpy, the cat Series Book
7)
By Werner Stejskal
Publisher: Werner Stejskal
Published: Oct. 28, 2014
ASIN: B00LMKWMQM
Amazon Synopsis:
These illustrated cat stories are all
about “Oliver and Jumpy”, who are best of friends and experience many
adventures together. Oliver is an elegant black tomcat, who is full of himself.
As a matter of fact he says: “I love myself!”, quite often. Naughty, isn’t he?
But his best friend Jumpy, a kangaroo lady, is aware that he has a soft heart
and will always want to help others. The great thing is Jumpy’s pouch, which
Oliver loves to ride in! He calls her his kangaroo taxi! These little bedtime
stories with their lovely illustrations are great for small kids. A parent can
read the text and tell the child in his own words. These animal stories have
sufficient text to keep early readers happy and provide some educational value.
Depending on your device, there is pop-up text (at Amazon) or audio available.
Several talented illustrators are essential to bring these children's stories
to you in quick succession. Love you all! Meow! Check
out the Free INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES to see how beautiful the illustrations
are!
Story 19: Santa's Chocolate Factory –
Naughty Joey is getting into mischief.
Story 20: Triller - One of Oliver's
friends is taking part in a singing contest.
Story 21: April Volcano – April Fools'
Day can be no joke.
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My Thoughts:
These are three
unique children’s stories that your young ones will enjoy.
Santa’s Chocolate Factory
Join Oliver, Jumpy
and Joey on a trip to Santa’s chocolate factory. This factory is unlike Santa’s
home in the North Pole and there are no elves here. See what kind of mischief
Joey gets himself into.
I really liked the
illustrations in this story. They were bright, clear and very attractive. The
only negative thing I would say about them is that in one of the pictures I did
not think one of the illustrations went with the words on the page because the Joey
did not look like a kangaroo and appeared frightened rather than doing what the
text said he was doing. In a second illustration I thought that Joey looked
more like a wolf (with a chocolatey mouth) than a kangaroo.
I totally loved Joey’s
promise at the end of the story. It’s the same kind of promise most over-indulgers
make, but no true choc-a-holic can keep.
Triller
Triller is a lovely
story emphasizing friendship, encouragement, caring and self-confidence.
Perhaps it will help inspire your young one to try something he or she is
feeling shy about.
April’s Fool
In this April fool’s
tale Oliver has a trick played on him and then he, Jumpy and Joey get
themselves into some serious danger. You can feel the seriousness of the danger
come through in the words of the author. Like a good children’s bedtime book
that won’t lead to nightmares though, there is a good ending.
All of Mr. Stejskal’s
stories contain animals, fun, imagination and lots of love for children. I
would highly recommend these excellent adventure stories for your younger
children. I gave this book 5 stars out of 5 stars.
I purchased this
book on Amazon.ca.
About the Author:
Born in Vienna, Austria, Werner is now
living in the paradise of Perth, Australia with his wife, two married children
and three grandchildren. He worked many years in the printing industry and
later for the United Nations in Vienna. His wife had been a pen-friend, whom
Werner visited in Hong Kong and finally got married to. After an eventful life,
now retired, he began to write children's stories, had them illustrated through
Odesk, narrated them himself for YouTube and finally published the ebooks on
most platforms. Werner's dream is to see "Oliver and Jumpy" animated
as a TV series.
There are lots of fairy tales and bedtime
stories around and many of them quite violent. This made Werner decide to write
something different. On a flight from Europe to Australia he watched the movie
Magic on Belle Island with Morgan Freeman, where Freeman teaches a little girl
to have imagination and write her first story. This inspired Werner as well and
the first stories with his two characters Oliver, the elegant tomcat, and
Jumpy, his kangaroo lady friend, made their appearance. Some very capable
illustrators have helped to create this picture book series.
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