"Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty?"

If you have been wondering then I found your book. That is the title and the author is David T. Greenberg. I usually try to pick deliberately at the library, and I thought I was with this choice. My kids love Nursery Rhymes and this one looked unique. So we sat down before naps today and this is what I read,

Jack
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jumped over the candlestick.

Jack be quick,
Jack be faster,
Jack be - oh, my gosh-disaster!

Jack tripped over the candlestick,
Caught fire in a flash.
Now all that's left of Jack
Is a little bit of ash*

They buried him in his socks.
He's now a jack-in-the-box.

While I can't recommend it (I skipped over some of the rhymes), it did give an unexpected chuckle. It even explains what happened to Humpty Dumpty on the last page of the book.