*WINNER of the Week Junior Book Award for Best Children's Book of the Year: STEM 2025*
*WINNER of the Peters Children's Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 2025*
*WINNER of the Hampshire Information Book Award 2025*
*A Waterstone's Best Book of 2024*

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!

*A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025*
*Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2025*
*Shortlisted for the Queens Knickers Prize 2025*

Illustrated by: Sara Ogilvie