Bubble Trouble

Another hilarious rhyming romp from the team who brought us the popular DOWN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR.

When little Mabel’s bubble gets away from her, it’s her baby brother who gets into trouble. Soon he’s floating out of the house, above the fence, and all over town! And it’s up to Mabel, Mother, and the rest of the townspeople to get him safely back down. Who knew that so much trouble could come from one little bubble?

The Washington Post - Kristi Jemtegaard

Like [Mahy's] gleefully inflated Down the Back of the Chair, this new romp—about a tot who finds himself bobbing aloft in a baby-size bubble—is a launchpad for laughter…Polly Dunbar's illustrations, a cozy patchwork of ginghams, checks and chintzes enclosed in scribbly black pencil outlines and topped by outrageously expressive cartoon faces, are the perfect accompaniment for this freewheeling frolic.

Margaret Mahy lives in New Zealand and is internationally acknowledged as one of today's most outstanding children's writers. She has received the Hans Christian Andersen Award and is a two-time winner of England's Carnegie Medal, and her books have garnered numerous citations from the American Library Association. She is also the recipient of an Order of New Zealand, the highest honor a citizen can receive.

Polly Dunbar is the author and illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue, and Flyaway Katie (all published by Candlewick). She is also the illustrator of Margaret Mahy's Down the Back of the Chair. She studied illustration at Bright Art School and now lives and works in Brighton, England.