What do you think?
Rate this book
Singing and Clapping
This is the second adventure Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot go on with Big Bruce the balloon. Their first adventure was in ‘Floating into Happiness’ (The little story with a big heart.) You can find it on Amazon Kindle. Though I am sure you will enjoy learning about the earlier adventures of Linda, Sylvester and Big Bruce, you will be able to enjoy this story without having read ‘Floating into Happiness’. In ‘Singing and Clapping’, Linda the potato and Sylvester the carrot are happily floating through the sky on Big Bruce the balloon when Big Bruce starts to lose height. As they drop lower and lower in the sky, they get a big shock. They are about to land on an island full of large, mean crabs. Will they be able to stop themselves from landing on the island or will the ginormous crabs with huge, rattling pincers catch them?
17 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2023
About the author
Andrew Pender-Smith
19 books7 followersDear Reader,
I have told and written stories all my life. Looking back, I was perhaps most inspired and helped by a Zulu nanny who loved to tell me Zulu folktales. She would roast maize cobs in a coal oven and then we would eat the roasted cobs that had been spread with butter and salt. As we ate, she told me one story after another, and I absorbed them all. Imelda added much to the story because, like many Zulus, she acted out the various people and animals in the tales she told. My children’s book, ‘Hunting Zanga’, was strongly influenced by Imelda and the stories she told. Hearing myths and legends pertaining to other African peoples encouraged me to tell stories of my own. The thorn-treed bush and wide, wild beaches of old Zululand with countless flora and fauna also fueled me as a writer.
Though I wrote short stories and poems as a child, my first real writings began when I started to teach drama. I began writing poetry, short plays and theme programmes for my drama classes. Writing poetry for performance is one of my favourite activities and I have had many poems published and performed over the years. It wasn’t long before fellow teachers and organisations asked if they could use my work.
I have always enjoyed being transported into different places and experiences by writers and, at a young age, found I enjoyed doing the same as a writer. From starting with poems, plays and short stories, I went on to creating longer works in different genres. I read and write every day, for hours at a time, and though there have been occasions when I have found the writing demanding (sometimes torturous), I have never wanted to stop. I couldn’t. I have far too much love for the journeys I undertake as a writer and it is my hope that readers will enjoy them too. If anyone uses the poems in ‘FANTASTIC SPACEY RACY THING AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER POEMS’ and all the ideas for teaching in ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching Dramatic Arts’ and ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching English Language and Literature’, I would love to hear from them.
With good wishes,
Andrew Pender-Smith
I have told and written stories all my life. Looking back, I was perhaps most inspired and helped by a Zulu nanny who loved to tell me Zulu folktales. She would roast maize cobs in a coal oven and then we would eat the roasted cobs that had been spread with butter and salt. As we ate, she told me one story after another, and I absorbed them all. Imelda added much to the story because, like many Zulus, she acted out the various people and animals in the tales she told. My children’s book, ‘Hunting Zanga’, was strongly influenced by Imelda and the stories she told. Hearing myths and legends pertaining to other African peoples encouraged me to tell stories of my own. The thorn-treed bush and wide, wild beaches of old Zululand with countless flora and fauna also fueled me as a writer.
Though I wrote short stories and poems as a child, my first real writings began when I started to teach drama. I began writing poetry, short plays and theme programmes for my drama classes. Writing poetry for performance is one of my favourite activities and I have had many poems published and performed over the years. It wasn’t long before fellow teachers and organisations asked if they could use my work.
I have always enjoyed being transported into different places and experiences by writers and, at a young age, found I enjoyed doing the same as a writer. From starting with poems, plays and short stories, I went on to creating longer works in different genres. I read and write every day, for hours at a time, and though there have been occasions when I have found the writing demanding (sometimes torturous), I have never wanted to stop. I couldn’t. I have far too much love for the journeys I undertake as a writer and it is my hope that readers will enjoy them too. If anyone uses the poems in ‘FANTASTIC SPACEY RACY THING AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER POEMS’ and all the ideas for teaching in ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching Dramatic Arts’ and ‘COLOUR ME MORE: Teaching English Language and Literature’, I would love to hear from them.
With good wishes,
Andrew Pender-Smith
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
December 15, 2017
Enjoy the sequel to 'Floating into Happiness' by following Linda the potato, Sylvester the carrot and Big Bruce the balloon as they learn how to be extremely brave, and make the most of their situation by turning it into a positive experience when captured on Crab Island!
This short story will definitely capture the imagination of young children and will also give them a bit of insight into the life of creatures that live in the sea.
Well done, Andrew!
This short story will definitely capture the imagination of young children and will also give them a bit of insight into the life of creatures that live in the sea.
Well done, Andrew!
Displaying 1 of 1 review