Humpty's Great Fall

by Amy Moore, Josh Cleland (Illustrator)

Overview

Humpty is ready for a great fall!

One crisp autumn day, Humpty Dumpty is relaxing on his wall, when he realizes he’s forgotten to do something. But what could it be? As he makes his way around the neighborhood, Humpty finds his friends all enjoying the beautiful fall weather—and he starts to get some clues. Can Humpty figure out what he’s missing…before he falls off the wall? Join Humpty and his nursery rhyme pals as they discover the joys of the fall season.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781662527968
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	08/05/2025
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.20(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Amy Moore’s love of writing began when she wrote her first poem, “The World,” in the first grade. She can still recite every word to this day. She is also the author of The Bakers Dozen, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier. When not writing, she loves teaching children to dance, reading, and baking. Amy lives with her husband, two daughters, and many pets outside of Boston, where the leaves turn delightful colors in the fall. Follow her on Instagram @thedailybookmark.

Josh Cleland is an illustrator from just outside of Portland, Oregon, where he resides with his wife, Rayna, and creative director/dog, Newman. He is the illustrator of numerous children’s books, including the Woofmore series, written by Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran, and The End, written by John Bray. His work has also been featured in children’s magazines, including Highlights and Storytime, as well as on greeting cards, websites, billboards, and more. Follow him on Instagram @joshcleland.

Editorial Reviews

Simple cartoon art sets a wholesome tone and complements the text, which ends with a happy nod to wordplay. Children old enough to recognize nursery rhyme allusions will have a ball. A cute and clever autumnal outing with a metafictive twist.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Humpty Dumpty stars in Moore and Cleland’s pun-fueled tribute to northerly autumnal traditions.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2025-04-19
Riffing on the double meaning of the wordfall, this tale finds Humpty Dumpty reveling in autumn’s pleasures.

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,” declares an unseen narrator as the giant egg, clad in rust-colored overalls and a yellow shirt, smiles sleepily. Humpty is soon wobbling, and the narrator continues: “Humpty Dumpty had a great…” As the page turns, little ones will grin when the expected tumble doesn’t occur. Instead, our hero gracefully hops off the wall to “take a closer peek at the foliage.” All the while, though, Humpty wonders if there isn’t something else he ought to be doing. But what? He heads home, and an encounter with a fiddling Cat (of “Hey Diddle Diddle” renown) reminds Humpty that it’s time to rake the leaves. The egg man returns to his wall, inspiring several more rounds of the now-familiar formula: the unfinished rhyme, a surprise ending that sees Humpty involved in a new autumnal task, and that nagging sensation that he should be doing something else. Moore and Cleland mine humor from the repetition of the gag as Humpty engages in fall activities such as apple-picking, joined by brown-skinned Jack and Jill, brown-skinned Miss Muffet, and light-skinned, red-haired Bo-Peep, among others. Simple cartoon art sets a wholesome tone and complements the text, which ends with a happy nod to wordplay. Children old enough to recognize nursery rhyme allusions will have a ball.

A cute and clever autumnal outing with a metafictive twist.(Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews