Socks

by Nick Sharratt, Elizabeth Lindsay

Laugh your socks off! Stripy sharks and woolly crocs, Purple dogs with polka dots! What can you see made from Socks? Kids (and grownups!) will love this socktastic celebration of the nation's favourite footwear. Look out for sockerels, sockodiles and Goldisocks, and prepare to see your socks in a whole new light.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Poetry

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2012

About the author

Nick Sharratt is the author-illustrator of numerous books for children, including The Foggy, Foggy Forest and Dinosaurs’ Day Out.
He grew up in Suffolk, Nottinghamshire and Manchester, with his four siblings. He attended Manchester Polytechnic (now called Manchester Metropolitan University) where he completed an art foundation course. He was trained in graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and took his later inspiration from the pop and graphic art of the 1960s, which he experienced as a child.
He lives in Brighton, England.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

SockyWockyDooDah!!! Oh my! This might be the most fun, most laugh-out-loud wonderfulness I've encountered in ages. I read it four times in a row almost peeing myself laughing. It's delightfully irreverent (not that socks are serious, though, this is British and I do know Brits who may take socks very seriously, my ex-uncle being one-- I'm dual but any British sock seriousness apparently did not penetrate me before I immigrated.)
I may need to purchase this book. I don't buy many books; I'm a library supporter first and foremost. I buy some books especially local (this isn't) and from the independent bookshop as luxuries when we can afford them. This might be a birthday gift for my stepson (lover of wacky socks) so long as he lets me read it to him regularly (he'll be turning 17 and thankfully, indulges my reading to him as well as the younger kids.)
So much funny and punny and silly!
Hipposockamus! Socktopus! Sock Ness Monster! Sockalicious!

Oh... so. much. fun.

[jellyttea · Rating 2 out of 5]

My 16 month old blindly picked this book out at the library. While paperbacks of this kind are usually outside of her reading age, I do like to encourage reading in all forms to help develop vocabulary.

That being said, I found that this book was definitely above and beyond her current abilities. Socks focuses on word play and rhymes with a lot of ‘socktastic’ puns— because of this my little girl was getting confused over the ‘new’ words for things and it unfortunately was a bad pick on my behalf. I would say this book is definitely good for children of school age and older!

Aside from this, this is a very fun book that I can see many children enjoying. The illustrations are easy to depict and feature lots of brightly colored socks that take form in many different ways! (Hats, Shoes, Facial hair..)

Rating based of mine and my daughter’s personal experience and taste. We may revisit in the future with an updated rating and review.

[Mr Kenneth Gutman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sockwockydoodah!

Nick Sharratt writes funny books. Elizabeth Lindsay is even funnier. How many books does Nick Sharratt write?
I absolutely love socks! If I went to a sock forest, I'm going to find a greedy-guts called Goldisocks and three cross bears. Oh dear!

[Freddie D · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is such great fun to read! Such fun and inventive use of socks in the illustrations and puns in the text. The end papers are also just gorgeous, with socks of every pattern and colour. It's fun on every page.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

so hilarious! It go my mind churning for more rhymes, puns, jokes, etc.

[hayther · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Luke Speirs]

There are long silly words for the kids to get involved with and it’s rhyming! Great one for KS1!

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given this a 3-star rating, but it was really successful at storytime. The only thing I didn't like about it was the inconsistent formula for the first line. Most of it starts with sockywockydoodah, but every now and again it's sockywocky-something-else, which would have been fine if it had been more formulaic. But I'm pretty sure none of that matters to the real audience of the book, so, 4 stars! A fun, silly book that has all the kids pulling off their shoes.

[Yasmin Raja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Socks is written by Elizabeth Lindsay and illustrated wonderfully by Nick Sharatt. Socks is a perfect book for EYFS. A book about a world made out of socks! The book rhymes with a whole load of made up words and fun words to read from socksophones to goldisocks. A great laugh and read to enjoy an energetic and fun filled story telling session.

[Portable · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children love this hilarious list book of different kinds of patterns, with brightly coloured, humorous illustrations. Great for talking about favourites, and as a companion read to the equally brightly colouredPants

[Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so silly and hilarious that I knew it would appeal to my young kids and sure enough it did. The colors are brilliant, the way the socks are used will appeal to a child's sense of fun, and the word play is wonderful.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sockalicious!

[Library Quine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A celebration of everything stocky! Every item starts with sock... Even if it never has before. Bright, attractive and funny pictures. Lots to make you smile!