Written by Sue Wickstead

Published by	Independently Published
Genre	Action & Adventure for Children
Pages	39
ASIN	B07YG82YQR
ISBN-10	0993073786
ISBN-13	978-0993073786
For readers aged 4 - 8 years

Today I am delighted to bring you the cover reveal for Sue Wickstead's latest children's book,
Sparky The Dragon Bus.

I am a big fan of Ms Wickstead's children's stories, and can't wait to get my hands on this one!

Book cover for the childrens story Sparky The Dragon Bus by Sue Wickstead

The blurb:

Sparky the Dragon Bus

Sparky isn’t your typical double-decker bus.

Behind the dragon and magical paintings, she’s full of fun and adventures for all children.

Jump aboard to find out what makes Sparky so special.

Action & Adventure for Children

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Author Bio – Sue Wickstead
I am an author and a teacher and have written six children’s picture books, all with a bus included somewhere. Having been able to share my first book, 'Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus', it was time to think about writing a book for younger readers. While visiting a local school the children were writing stories about a journey, we read Jay-Jay’s book and then I remembered a book that I had written some years before and I read this to the class too, and they loved it. The original story was based on a walk with my class around the neighbourhood of Bewbush, Crawley. The walk had led to map work and sequencing. Then together with the class I wrote an imaginative adventure. The events we imagined were put into a class book. The book was shared with many classes and it was always a favourite. Now years later I decided it was time to update, improve and look at publishing the book. There is indeed a walk around the district of Bewbush. and following the publication of the book I went back to see if and how the neighbourhood had changed. ‘Oh, I see you have written a book without a bus!’ commented a friend. But, look through the pages and you will see there always has to be a bus! The neighbourhood of Bewbush was a new estate built in Crawley town in the 1970's. The area was built without any shops, school or safe places for children to play. It was an area of high need and was supported by a special playbus which offered a much-needed playgroup venue. I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share my stories. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

Author Bio – Sue Wickstead

I am an author and a teacher and have written six children’s picture books, all with a bus included somewhere.

Having been able to share my first book, 'Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus', it was time to think about writing a book for younger readers.

While visiting a local school the children were writing stories about a journey, we read Jay-Jay’s book and then I remembered a book that I had written some years before and I read this to the class too, and they loved it.

The original story was based on a walk with my class around the neighbourhood of Bewbush, Crawley. The walk had led to map work and sequencing. Then together with the class I wrote an imaginative adventure.

The events we imagined were put into a class book. The book was shared with many classes and it was always a favourite.

Now years later I decided it was time to update, improve and look at publishing the book.

There is indeed a walk around the district of Bewbush. and following the publication of the book I went back to see if and how the neighbourhood had changed.

‘Oh, I see you have written a book without a bus!’ commented a friend.

But, look through the pages and you will see there always has to be a bus!

The neighbourhood of Bewbush was a new estate built in Crawley town in the 1970's. The area was built without any shops, school or safe places for children to play. It was an area of high need and was supported by a special playbus which offered a much-needed playgroup venue.

I also undertake events and author bookings and love to share my stories. There are also a few more stories in the writing process, with links to real events and buses.

Other stories I've read by Sue Wickstead

Social Media Links –
Web site	http://www.suewickstead.co.uk/
Instagram	@jayjaybusbooks
Facebook - Playbus page	https://www.facebook.com/BewbushPlaybus/
Facebook Author Page	https://www.facebook.com/storiesSue/
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