The Messy Book
Author: Maudie Powell-Tuck
, Illustrator: Richard Smythe
£10.99
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Buy from Bookshop.orgCat has made a mess and she won’t tidy it up – no matter how many times Dog asks her. Can Dog convince Cat, a giraffe and two penguins to clean up this very messy book?
Children will laugh out loud at the quirky illustrations from the exciting new talent Richard Smythe (Beep Beep Beep Time For Sleep!) and will pore over the fabulously clever design. Packed with humour and adorably funny animal characters, The Messy Book is the perfect story for anyone who has ever been told to tidy their room. A great book to use as a springboard to discuss the importance of cleaning and tidiness, and more widely about environmental issues.
"Appealingly down to earth ... a collagey, colourful send-up of domestic dynamics, in which a harassed dog insists a recalcitrant cat must tidy her mess, with a hat-wearing giraffe and two penguins along for the ride. It should induce guilty smiles of recognition all round - especially when the tidying celebration degenerates, once again, into chaos."
The Guardian
"A quirky and clever look at what happens if we don't clear away our rubbish ... Its message is brilliantly delivered through some great characters, a messy cat and a tidy dog, and there is plenty of humour running through the text."
- ReadingZone
"This is the perfect book for messy children everywhere! This laugh-aloud story perfectly reflects the way children will do ANYTHING rather than tidy up... Packed with humour and adorably funny animal characters, this is a lovely story."
- Parents in Touch
"This story is highly entertaining."
- Mama Mummy Me
"Parents as well as children will identify with the situation in this amusing story."
- Storysnug
Meet the author
Maudie Powell-Tuck
When not writing, Maudie spends far too much of her time in expensive shops gawping at clothes and glittery things she can’t afford, and dreaming about owning a pug called Stanley. She’d love to say t…
Meet the illustrator
Richard Smythe
Richard lives near Tunbridge Wells with his wife and dog. He loves drawing and has been scribbling away since he was a tiny boy – often covering his sister’s homework with his ‘masterpieces’, much to…
