With Big Bad Wolf Investigates: Fairy Tales, Catherine Cawthorne kicks off a hugely exciting partnership with Sara Ogilvie for Bloomsbury. This innovative new picture book asks – could the prince really have climbed up Rapunzel’s hair? Your favourites stories, brutally fact-checked by science!
From the publisher:
Join the Big Bad Wolf as he debunks your favourite fairy tales with SCIENCE! Written by the hilarious Catherine Cawthorne and illustrated by award-winning Sara Ogilvie.
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 picture book is perfect for inquisitive children always asking big questions!
Big Bad Wolf Investigates: Fairy Tales publishes with Bloomsbury, 2024. Catherine’s also the author of We Went to Find a Woolly Mammoth with Hodder – another non-fiction book for children.
She’s represented by The Catchpole Agency.