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  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781761043475
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.00

Scaredy Bath




A gorgeous bubble-filled ode to bath-time chaos, as seen from the bath’s point of view.


From the inimitable Zoë Foster Blake, author of the bestselling No One Likes a Fart.

Bath-time is fun! There’s the bubbles, the bath toys and lots of splashing of course. But have you ever wondered what it’s like for the bath?

Scaredy Bath does not like bath time . . . the piping hot water, the gooey muck and especially not the small boisterous grubby ones that shout and splash and make Scaredy all mucky! What’s a bath to do? Will Scaredy Bath ever enjoy bath time?

Scaredy Bath is a delightful new addition to Zoë's much-loved brand of picture books that celebrate the ups and downs of family life. Joyously brought to life by the hilarious splash-filled illustrations of Daniel Gray-Barnett.

'Funny, imaginative, and subversive - sure to be a read-aloud favorite.' Kirkus Reviews

'Foster Blake has a talent for finding the unexpected in the unexceptional (bath time, bedtime, burps and farts).' Sydney Morning Herald

'Original, well-written, and hilarious.' Weekend Notes

Also available from Zoë Foster Blake:
No One Likes a Fart
Fart and Burp are Superstinkers
Back to Sleep
Scaredy Bath
Battle Mum

  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781761043475
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $24.00

About the authors

Zoë Foster Blake

Zoë Foster Blake writes fiction, non-fiction and children’s picture books because she enjoys hijacking shelf space across multiple genres in bookshops.
Zoë has written four novels, Air Kisses, Playing the Field, The Younger Man and The Wrong Girl; three self-help/relationship books, Textbook Romance, Break-Up Boss and LOVE!, and Amazinger Face, a collection of her best beauty tips and tricks after spending years as a beauty director.
Zoë’s first picture book, No One Likes a Fart, was released in 2017 and was the fastest-selling Australian picture book since Bookscan records began. (People DO like farts!) It's a sales record-breaker and a bookseller favourite with over 120,000 copies sold. It won the ABIA for Picture Book of the Year in 2018, and has also been published in North America, Italy and Japan. Her other much-loved picture books include the sequel, Fart and Burp are Superstinkers, as well as Scaredy Bath and Back to Sleep.
Zoë lives in Springfield with her husband, Homer, and her three children, Maggie, Lisa and Bart.

Daniel Gray-Barnett

Daniel Gray-Barnett is an illustrator and author from the Huon Valley, Tasmania. He likes to think of himself as someone who was put on this planet to tell a few stories before he turns into a grumpy old man.
He’s worked with clients including Disney, Kiehl’s, Sydney Opera House and The New York Times and his first picture book, Grandma Z, won a Children’s Book Council of Australia award for Best New Illustrator.
When he’s not in the studio, he can be found daydreaming in the garden with his husband, German pointers and chickens.

Praise for Scaredy Bath

Back to Sleep Oh my glory. I have not chuckled so much over a picture book in a long time. Author Zoe Foster Blake has NAILED the trials and tribulations of bedtime but has cleverly flipped the narrative so that it is the parents who require putting back to bed. Megan Daley, Children's Books Daily

Megan Daley, Children's Books Daily

Highly recommended. Zoe Foster Blake has come up with another hilarious story, following her very successful, No one Likes a Fart. Complemented by hilarious illustrations by Daniel Gray-Barnett, this is likely to be just as popular with young children.

Pat Pledger, ReadPlus

a joy to read aloud. It is such a funny story . . . the illustrations are just wonderful . . . This book is a keeper for me and I can see it becoming a firm favourite with families, helping to make bath time as enjoyable for children as it is shown so energetically by the author and illustrator.

Pat Pledger, ReadPlus

This is a funny tale in a long line of narrative twists designed to encourage children to engage in and enjoy a necessary part of childhood life . . . Funny, imaginative, and subversive—sure to be a read-aloud favorite.

Kirkus Review

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A gorgeous bubble-filled ode to bath-time chaos, as seen from the bath’s point of view. From the inimitable Zoë Foster Blake, author of the bestselling No One Likes a Fart.

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A gorgeous bubble-filled ode to bath-time chaos, as seen from the bath’s point of view. From the inimitable Zoë Foster Blake, author of the bestselling No One Likes a Fart. Bath-time is fun! There’s the bubbles, the bath toys and lots of splashing of course. But have you ever wondered what it’s like for the bath? Scaredy Bath does not like bath time . . . the piping hot water, the gooey muck and especially not the small boisterous grubby ones that shout and splash and make Scaredy all mucky! What’s a bath to do? Will Scaredy Bath ever enjoy bath time? Scaredy Bath is a delightful new addition to Zoë's much-loved brand of picture books that celebrate the ups and downs of family life. Joyously brought to life by the hilarious splash-filled illustrations of Daniel Gray-Barnett.