HPM Goes To Town...

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“We’ve ran out of biscuits

and chocolate éclairs!”

Dad called up to Maya

From the foot of the stairs

Get your coat and your hat

And we’ll walk into town

We can do all the shopping

While mum’s not around”

Maya looked at her toys

At the foot of the bed

“Can I bring a friend

Maybe dolly or Ted?”

“Yes” replied Dad

As he stood in the hall

“If you like, grab your bag

And you can  - bring them all” 

So she picked up her bag

That was hung from her bed

Then  In went the dolly

And  in went her Ted

She went to the bathroom

And yelled in the plug

“Would you like to go shopping

With me? - Glug, Glug Glug”

The hairy plug monster

Popped out of the tap

Wearing  stripy pyjamas

And an old swimming cap

He hopped in the bag

And they went down the stairs

To pop to the shops

For more chocolate éclairs

Down into Town

Strolled Maya and Dad

With the hairy plug monster

All snug in the bag

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golden arm - HPM Media Ltd Children's Books

here's part of another story by Leighroy Marsh in verse and I do hope you like it...   we think it's fab!
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GOLDEN ARM:

This is a tale that my Granddad told me, 

As I sat as a child on his old bony knee

It isn’t a tale full of joy or of charm,

But a tale full of woe and a stolen gold arm

You should stop reading now if you easily spook

You should stand up and choose 
a more friendlier book

You should stop reading now if you don’t like to JUMP

Because this is a tale that will make your heart thump

Its starts long ago with poor Montague Law

Who was missing an arm, 
when he returned from the war

He lost it at battle, defending the KING

Along with his bracelet, his wristwatch and ring

The king was quite grateful, and pulled out his sword

Pointed at Monty – and made him a Lord

Lord Montague Law, the Brave and the bold

I’ll reward you again with an arm made of gold.

And so he returned to his wife and his farm,

With a chestful of medals and a solid gold arm

Where he kept it on show in a special glass box

Next to his trousers, his jumpers and socks

The years soon passed by, and Lord Monty took ill

And despite all the potions and lotions and pills

Old Montague knew that his time had arrived

So he called from his bed for his beautiful bride

The angels are calling, I don’t have much time 

And so I am leaving you all that is mine

You can have all that belongs to the farm

As long as you bury me with my gold arm.

Lord Montague’s wife said she’d do what she’s told

And bury her husband along with his gold

But deep down she knew what she could do instead

And instead of the arm, She would bury some bread

That very night, Lord Montague died,

With his wife feeling saddened alone by his side

Then she rolled up her sleeves and brought flour from the barn

And baked through the night, a quite tasty bread arm

Nobody noticed his arm was a dud

If fact they all said that he smelt rather good

As they lowered Lord Montague’s box in the hole

Then left the poor widow alone, unconsoled.

But the tears that she cried were really of glee

She could sell the gold arm for a million or three

And spend all the money on trinkets and rings

A car and a castle and a few other things

She thought of the things that she wanted the most

As she sat at the table eating her toast

She wondered if she had commited a crime

Then decided aloud that the “arm should be mine”


Mmmm the start of something good!  


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available as an ebook very soon....  with a few other tales.....
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the hairy plug monster & friends - childrens books by HPM Media

The Hairy Plug Monster

Leighroy Marsh

Samuel Perry

Since its publication in 2009, The Hairy Plug Monster has been entertaining parents, teachers and children up and down the country. Written in easy flowing verse and brilliantly illustrated by Samuel Perry; The Hairy Plug Monster is quickly becoming a modern day children's favourite.

The story begins with a young girl called Maya, asking her dad about the noise that the bathwater makes when it goes down the plughole.  Her dad tells her that it is the Hairy Plug Monster who lives under the bath; who drinks the bathwater and eats bubble bath sandwiches.

That night when everyone else is asleep, Maya decides to go and find The Hairy Plug Monster and sneak downstairs to find something better to eat than a bubble bath sandwich. 

No 1 with Hairy Plug Monster  ebooks at Waterstones  - how good is that 

visit  and download a copy today: 


http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/samuel+perry/the+hairy+plug+monster+28ebook29/8737770/

funny and cute little story....   

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story time!!!!

Urmston Bookshop received several copies of the HPM just before Christmas and have invited me to give a reading on the 28th of January.  As it's the first one of the year I hope that some of you can come along to and listen to some old favourites. I am hoping that I will have another story all ready by then...

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No. 1 today in  Waterstones young childrens  ebooks   with  


'BE CAREFUL ETHEL'   


visit the link below and get your copy....  


www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leighroy+marsh/kim+eagle/be+careful+ethel+28ebook29/8744408/

then again,  it's worth  downloading - cute little picture book story for kids aged 3+ by Leighroy Marsh author/songwriter 
in verse  with great illustrations by Kim Eagle....  

synopsis 

The King and Queen went out one day for pizza and a dance,

So Grandma came to babysit all the way from France.

Read how Princess Ethel and her brothers, Prince Pierre and Prince Maurice weave their mischief around poor old Grandma. 

visit :   http://www.hpmmedialtd.com/be-careful-ethel.html 

for a sneaky peek!   

blog post update - by Leighroy Marsh : Author/Songwriter

 

With both feet firmly in 2012, I have decided to concentrate on trying to get a more permanent source of income to help get all these projects moving again.  

Jim sent me the final pictures for the first book over the weekend and I manages to get the book ready in time for Monday.   Unfortunately,  Kath didn't like our choice of characters and images which means that we are going to have to go back to the drawing board, literally. Even though it was a disappointment, it was unrealistic to expect to get it right on the first attempt.

The HPM on the other hand has enjoyed several stints at number 1 in the picture book charts and even Be Careful Ethel has managed to get to number 3.  The ebook market for younger readers is still in it's infancy even though ebooks themselves amount to 35% of sales.

Urmston Bookshop received several copies of the HPM just before Christmas and have invited me to give a reading on the 28th of January.  As it's the first one of the year I hope that some of you can come along to and listen to some old favourites. I am hoping that I will have another story all ready by then...

As you may have noticed, our old website  http://www.hairyplugmonster.com/ i  s sick at the moment and we are working on getting the new website up and running as soon as we can.  There are even rumours of a fab HPM game specially made for the website. (but I couldn't possibly comment at this stage.) plus a host of other exciting features.

keep in tune:  http//www.hpmmedialtd.com

and dont for get to book a place for storytime at URMSTON BOOKSHOP suitable for aged 3 + 

back again soon....