Bookworm’s Favourite Books

Higgledy-Piggledy Farm is a place where everything is hotch-potch and topsy-turvy.
This is why we love everything about Dr Seuss. Wacky Wednesday is one of our favourite mixed-up, messed-up Seuss tales. In fact, a speech pathologist recently said our book, ‘Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lays Eggs’, was written with the same wackiness as Wacky Wednesday.
https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Seuss http://www.drseussart.com http://www.seussville.com
Many stories are making a revival and THE STORY ABOUT PING is one of them.
Celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2013, this beautifully simple tale takes children to the Yangtze River where they learn all about the importance of family and belonging. However, if Ping was being written today, the last duck to get on the boat probably wouldn’t be given a smack! Quack!
What was your favourite book when you were growing up?
And which books do your children love reading over and over again? As the resident Higgledy Piggledy Farm Bookworm, I’ll be featuring our must-have picture books. Maybe your most-treasured will be on our top shelf. I hope so. xxx Our first story is about a duck. Any geeses? I mean guesses?
Two very special Higgledy-Piggledy Farm fans have just had a baby boy.
All the animals on HP Farm would like to send Mily and Joel a special message of congratulations on th ebirth of their son Mack Alexander. Moor-ay! Moo-ray!
The Tassie Farm can recommend some very highly reviewed holiday reading.
The book below could be a very good place to start!

Within a week of being published on the iBookstore, the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm’s first book has been rated 5 stars! Thank you to everyone who has written a review. You can read what people have said by clicking on the iBook widget (next to this post). This topsy-turvy tale has been nominated for a 2013 Speech Pathology Australia Book of The Year Award. It’s only $2.99 and half the proceeds from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund, which was set up and run by Australian, Scott Neeson. facebook.com/cambodianchildrensfund
Who needs the Easter Bunny when the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm pigs think they can lay eggs?
We thought you may like to share this pic with any chocolate fiends you know!
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs is now an iBook and on the iBookstore.
Just click on the iBook widget (next to this post). This topsy-turvy tale is only $2.99 and half the proceeds from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund, set up and run by Australian, Scott Neeson. facebook.com/cambodianchildrensfund
One of the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm ebooks has been nominated for a Children’s Book Award.
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs has been entered in the Speech Pathology Australia 2013 Book Awards - Best Book for Language and Literacy Development for Young Children (aged 2-5 years) category. The nominating, Melbourne-based, speech pathologist has over 25 years experience in language and literacy, working in schools and her private practice. This is what she had to say about this topsy-turvy tale:

“I love the repetitive idea and sentence structure that runs through this book. I think the story will be a winner with the kids as they love anything that’s a bit perverse – the opposite of what you would expect – a la Wacky Wednesday Dr Seuss.”

Celebrate Pig In Mud Month with a copy of Pigs Might Fly! We’re now on the iBookstore.
This hotch-potch misadventure is only $2.99 with half the revenue from sales being donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund. Just click on the iBook widget (next to this post) or click on this link.http://bit.ly/10acEJO
If you’ve seen the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm Facebook page you would have met Big Hen.
These are her three Chickadees – all born around 17 February. A Rhode Island Red, Big Hen was sitting on nine eggs but only three were fertilised. The other six made it onto the breakfast menu. As you know, many of the characters in our children’s books are based on the animals from Kerry and Nick’s real-life farm. So, one day you may see Big Hen and her chicks star in a story. For more hen house gossip visit http://www.facebook.com/higgledypiggledyfarm Clever Hen, Hoity and Toity are waiting to be Liked.

Equestrian Lou hollers to the hills about Higgledy-Piggledy Farm.
Thanks to Lou who Liked us so much she told her all her FB friends. What a neigh-bourly thing to do! Lou has her own menagerie – Anky the heeler, two horses, Spell and Sabrina and two cats, Razor and Spitz. Moor-ay!
Moo-ray! for Lou. You can Like us too @ http://www.facebook.com/higgledypiggledyfarm

In a twitter about Higgledy-Piggledy Farm.
Journalist, blogger, author and Friend of The Menagerie,  Amanda Cromer, tweeted one of Australia’s finest cooking schools, about our books. Thank you Amanda. We look forward to reading your soon to be released novel, ‘Undercurrent’. Check out these links http://carmencromer.com http://www.theagrariankitchen.com

Higgledy-Piggledy Farm animals would like to ‘Share The Love’. So, feel free to send these HP Farm illustrations to anyone who makes your heart miss a beat xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Gobble this up before summer is gobbled up.
All natural Higgledy-Piggledy Ice Cream: No Sugar!
Ingredients:
375ml milk
450ml pouring cream
5 egg yolks (no whites)
4 tbsp honey
2 cups strawberries
Method: (Ice cream machine needed)
Combine milk and cream in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Do not boil. Place eggs and honey in a bowl and stir until just combined. Gradually add milk and cream mixture into the bowl and stir to combine. Return mixture to the same saucepan and stir over low heat (do not boil) until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.

Chilling: Remove mixture from heat and let it cool. While mixture is cooling, mash your strawberries and stir into the mixture. Place into the freezer. Once your ingredients are chilled, place the mixture into your ice cream machine and follow the machine’s instructions.

This recipe, with a few little extras, can also be found in the
Higgledy Piggledy Farm’s ‘The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas’ ebook. Just click on the link below – it’s only $2.99 and half the revenue from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
From all the beezzz on Higgledy-Piggledy Farm.
A sweet thankzzz to Jessica, Emily, Melinda, Glenys, Serena, Dave, Linda, Belinda, Mel, Katie, Dany, Lynne, Roy, Jen, Yvonne and Tony for being the first to like (and love) our new Higgledy-Piggledy Farm Facebook page.http://www.facebook.com/higgledypiggledyfarm
Just click on the links below to buy a Higgledy-Piggledy book. They’re only $2.99 each and half the money from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund. That’s the beez kneez isn’t it?!
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
It’s new! http://www.facebook.com/higgledypiggledyfarm
The animals on Higgledy-Piggledy Farm are ‘Moo-raying’ ’til the cows come home. They’re all cock-a-hoop that more people throughout the world will be able to read about their hotch-potch misadventures.So, click on the link and start following all the mixed up madness and topsy turvy tales. While you’re there, post a comment and tell us what you think of our new page. The more ideas the better.

Pop! Hi, I’m the Higgledy-Piggledy Bookworm. 
The Book-Worm-O-Metre says we’ve sold 21 Higgledy-Piggledy books. That makes me happy because half the revenue from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund. But to donate more we need your help. Just click on the links below and buy one today.
They’re only $2.99 each.
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541

Receive a birthday ecard from Higgledy-Piggledy Farm.
If you’d like to receive a special earth day wish,  just send us your email address and the day and month you were born and we’ll make sure our Higgledy-Piggledy friends ‘post’ you a card. Our email is enquiry@thetassiemenagerie.com

A special message for two Higgledy-Piggledy fans.
Wendy from Melbourne emailed Higgledy-Piggledy Farm and said, ‘The books look amazing – I love the illustrations and the stories are just beautiful. I will be forwarding the links onto everyone I know. I showed them to my daughter who is an avid reader and is now 11 and she thought they were extremely cute. She wishes that kind of thing was around when she was younger.’
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Our names are Sniffles, Snorzzz, Sneezey, Snorter and Snotty.
As you would expect, we love getting up to all sorts of dirty mischief. But our favourite pastime is sticking our grubby noses into everyone’s business, especially if that means rummaging through a compost bin or two. That’s why some of the farm animals call us the 5 Nosey Porkers! We star in both Higgledy-Piggledy Farm ebooks. They’re only $2.99 each and half the revenue from sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund. Just click on the links below.

P.S (Pig Script) You’ll need an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to read the first two in the series:
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17

Help the Book-Worm-O-Metre raise $150 for CCF every month.
The studious Higgledy-Piggledy book worm is keeping a tally of how many Higgledy-Piggledy ebooks are sold. Our Moo Year’s Resolution is to sell 100 every month, so we can donate $150 each month to the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF). 
So, let’s see how much we can raise in January.
If you’d like to help us spread the word, feel free to drag any images from this blog or the Higgledy-Piggledy bookstore @ blurb.com to add to your FB or email. Each book is only $2.99, so the more books are sold, the more money we can donate to CCF. You’ll need an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to read the first two in the series:
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17

‘The ducks think they’re roosters. They sit under our bedroom window and quack until we wake up.’
‘Clever Hen thinks she’s human. She won’t stop knocking on the front door until we give her breakfast.’
These little anecdotes and many more inspired the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm ebooks. You see, Menagarians, Kerry and Nick, live on a farm just outside Hobart. So, what happens in real life often sneaks its way onto the pages of the Higgledy-Piggledy books which are now available @ blurb.com or  just click on the links below. Half the revenue from all sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund.
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17

“Hello,” I’m Raucous the Rooster.
I’m the only rooster on Higgledy-Piggledy Farm and my job is to wake the animals every morning. Well, that’s what I’m meant to do but I’m always mucking up my crows. Sometimes I crow, ‘Doodle, Cock A Doo!’ Other times I crow, ’Doo, Doodle Cock A !’ But of course the right way is, ‘Cock A, Doodle Doo!’ A rooster that crows. Now that’s muddled up! which is why I live on Higgledy-Piggledy Farm.

Have you met the animals from Higgledy-Piggledy Farm?
During January, we’re going to say ‘hello’ to all of them. As well as the friendly faces you can see here, there’s also Gander the Goose and his goslings: Haggle, Gaggle, Gawk and Geez. The Higgledy-Piggledy sheep - Scarf, Mittens, Beanie, Pom Pom, Pearl, Plain, Spin, Yarn, Baarry and Baarbara. The stable of horses – Clip, Clop, Canter, Banter, Morgan and Gallop, Clyde, Dale.

You can also read about many of the animals in two new children’s books that have just been published online. Click on the links below or go to the Higgledy-Piggledy bookstore @ blurb.com Half the revenue from all sales will be donated to the Cambodian Children’s Fund.
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17
Higgledy-Piggledy Ice Cream recipe voted the most-loved.
The all-natural ingredients in this deliciously creamy ice cream swayed many people’s votes. Honey, instead of sugar was a big winner. Plus farm-fresh cream, milk, eggs and strawberries. The Higgledy-Piggledy cows, hens and bees were thrilled to hear the news. And, of course, you can find the original recipe at the back of ‘The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas’ ebook. To download the story with recipe (only $2.99), just click on the link below.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Higgledy-Piggledy Farm donates to the Cambodian Children’s Fund.
Half the revenue from sales of the Higgledy-Piggledy Farm ebooks will be donated to CCF, a charity run by Australian humanitarian, Scott Neeson. https://www.facebook.com/cambodianchildrensfund
Just click on the links below and you can read them straight away on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. They’re only $2.99 each and are bound to bring a big smile to many little faces.
The Dairy First Ice Cream Christmas.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pba523d20f35ee0447541
Pigs Might Fly But They Can’t Lay Eggs.
http://store-au.blurb.com/ebooks/pedbc55270d1101204f17
Be part of the topsy-turvy misadventures.
If you haven’t been following our blog, take a peek at the November posts and acquaint yourself with all the farm animals who live in the hotch-potch world of Higgledy-Piggledy Farm. You’ll also find three delicious ice cream recipes during December.
Become a Higgledy-Piggledy follower, today!
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