Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE!

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Join the Big Bad Wolf as he debunks our 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! Its 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 is perfect for inquisitive children always asking big questions!

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Catherine Cawthorne always wanted to be an author like Jo March from Little Women, or Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables. But then she also wanted to be a toothpaste tester and to own a caf called Hot Plate selling hot Ribena and Wispas. She spent most of her childhood either up a tree, reading, or forming secret societies in her best friend's shed. Catherine currently lives in Guildford with her husband and her three children. Sarah Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker, who has illustrated many bestselling and much-loved children's books, including The Detective Dog and The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson, and The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell. Born and bred in Edinburgh, she now lives with her family in Newcastle upon Tyne.