Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales

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*A Waterstone's Best Book of 2024*
*A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025*

Bloomsbury presents Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales by Catherine Cawthorne, read by Andrew Wincott and Chloë Sommer.

Join the Big Bad Wolf as he debunks your favourite fairy tales with SCIENCE! Written by the hilarious Catherine Cawthorne.

Did a princess really feel a tiny pea through a mountain of mattresses? And could a pumpkin actually turn into a carriage to carry Cinderella to the ball? Of course not! It’s all a load of fairytale NONSENSE! Or is it . . . ? The Big Bad Wolf is on a mission to find the truth behind these tales, and clear his name in the process.

Combining STEM topics with classic stories children know and love, this hilarious non-fiction book is perfect for inquisitive children always asking big questions!

Critics Review

This book is laugh out loud hilarious and overflowing with super cool science facts – I will never think of Cinderella’s feet in quite the same way again!
Kate Pankhurst, author and illustrator of the FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN series
Cleverly introducing basics of scientific investigation, the book analyses fairy tales to ask if it really is possible for a wolf to blow down a straw house, for a gingerbread house to survive outside or whether big ears are all the better to hear you with? There are even experiments to try at home. Great fun from age four
Daily Mail
An absolutely wonderful book for inquisitive children who struggle to suspend their disbelief and are forever asking 'but what about…?'
Amy McKay, LoveReading4Kids
This fun picture book is unusual and quirky – and all the more enjoyable for it.
BookTrust
Filled with humour and fabulously detailed illustration.
Foyles
Harnessing his scientific powers, the Big Bad Wolf delightfully debunks all the biggest fairytale myths in this hilarious picture book perfect for inquisitive young minds.
Waterstones
The familiarity of the storylines is appealing, and the STEM elements are perfectly pitched, along with fun activities. Sara Ogilvie’s energetic illustrations have lots of detail to spot, and young children will enjoy this twist on classic fairy tales with a light scientific touch.
BookTrust
[Big Bad Wolf Investigates: Fairy Tales has] standout humour, contrast of fairy tale and science and ‘amusing’ writing style. It combines STEM topics with classic stories children know and love – perfect for inquisitive children who like to ask big questions!

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