In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty. I love mucky mud-thanks for playing with me!” The puddle doesn’t look all that gooey in the pictures, but this will still make a splash, both with groups and audiences of one.

In a climactic fold-out scene, the chick blithely hops out, having never been stuck in the first place, and cheerily gambols away, chortling “Mud is great fun! / I’m sure you’ll agree. Parsons’ full-bleed cartoons place the familiar cast in a sunny, spacious, easy-to-recognize setting, and the text is split into short segments just right for uncertain new readers. and the mud’s deep and thick!”-Cat and Dog, Sheep, Horse and even Farmer run to the rescue, only to find themselves muddy and mired. My poor little chick! / He’s stuck in the mud. and published by Ladybird Books Ltd.) and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (created by Random House Children's Books and published by Red Fox.Fine fare for children who think grown-ups are big sillies, this cumulative barnyard tale features a chick in a mud puddle and a lengthening string of helpful animals who get stuck trying to pull him out.and published by Oxford University Press), Puddle the naughtiest puppy (series created by Working Partners Ltd.Dinosaur Cove (series created by Working Partners Ltd.Jane Clarke is a team writer on three different popular series.

This audio edition is produced by Beatstreet Productions, NYC, directed by Cheryl Smith, read by Cassandra Morris and features music composed by Michael Abbott.Stuck in the Mud is also featured with a US Scholastic Book Club edition published by Scholastic Inc.CBeebies Bedtime Stories have featured two of Jane's books, Stuck in the Mud (read by Will Mellor) and Knight Time (read by Jake Wood).Jane has published over 45 books including works used for children's reading schemes in schools.Her best known books include Gilbert the Great (illustrated by Charles Fuge) and Stuck in the Mud (illustrated by Garry Parsons).Jane Elizabeth Clarke (born in 1954) is an English writer of children's books and poetry.

Stuck in the mud by jane clarke