Sticky Mildred

For exasperated parents of sticky children comes a hilariously unexpected and surreal cautionary tale on cleanliness to get even the most reluctant kids excited about bath time.

Mildred Honeyfur LOVES being sticky and REFUSES to have a bath. She sets off to find the stickiest things in the world - doughnuts, pond slime, toffees and glue - until she becomes a ball of stickiness, rolling through the town sticking to everything ... and everyone! Stuck in the ULTIMATE sticky situation, will Mildred ever be stopped?

Written by the winner of Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year and the Queen's Knickers Award, Alastair Chisholm, with wildly imaginative pictures by Rikin Parekh, illustrator of Greg Jenner's Totally Chaotic History series.

- Hilarious read-aloud chaos with a satisfyingly soapy ending.
- Relatable themes: mess, consequence, saying sorry and starting fresh.
- Adorable animal characters in a fun, detail-filled world.

Review: 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! -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Post *
Told with laugh-out-loud visuals, jokes and hilarious animal characters, this is a standout picture book story for 3+ year olds. * School Reading List *
Rikin Parekh portrays the chaos caused by Mildred brilliantly in his detailed, sometimes scribbly style illustrations and Alastair Chisholm's slightly surreal telling that sometimes breaks into rhyme is a cautionary tale of the adhesive kind that could just coerce young listeners into having regular baths and enjoying so doing. A really fun read aloud. -- Jill R. Bennett * Red Reading Hub *