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

*A Waterstone's Best Book of 2024**A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025**Longlisted for the UKLA book awards 2025**Shortlisted for Peters Children's Book of the Year: Non-Fiction 2025*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!