Sticky Mildred

Alastair Chisholm is the author of Blackwell's Children’s Book of the Year Adam-2; Orion Lost, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year; I Am Wolf; I Am Raven; and the fantasy chapter book series, Dragon Storm. His picture books include Inch and Grub illustrated by David Roberts, which won the Queen Knickers Award and Scottish Book Trust’s Bookbug Picture Book Prize. Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his family and Maudie the cat. Find him online at alastairc.com and on Instagram as @alastairchisholm.Rikin Parekh is the illustrator of the Totally Chaotic History series by Greg Jenner; Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Christmas Factory; the Iguana Boy series by James Bishop; The Worst Class in the World series by Joanna Nadin; There’s a Dog in my Brain! by Caroline Green; and picture book Rabbit on the Rampage by comedian Lorna Watson, reviewed by Richard Osman as "Funny, charming and original." Find him on Instagram as @r1k1n_parekh.

With Chisholm’s subtle, fun-filled lessons about consequences and saying sorry, and Parekh’s brilliantly anarchic illustrations, this surreal cautionary tale of cleanliness is sure delight exasperated parents… and maybe make even the most reluctant kids excited about bath time!