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  • Published: 2 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593529119
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 56
  • RRP: $48.00

You Are the Boss of This Book!




In this laugh-out-loud funny picture book, you—yes YOU, reader—are the boss of what happens . . . but choose wisely and don’t get tricked!

"A kind of Dungeons & Dragons narrative for the eat-your-vegetables set, this ingenious pick-your-path spoof . . . [is] labyrinthine, lively, and entertaining." —Publishers Weekly

It’s a dark and stormy night when you enter a mysterious castle. Melvin the magician greets you with an all-important question: Would you rather…eat a pizza or hug a tarantula? Think carefully, because Melvin’s castle is full of surprises. Time travel? Shape-shifting? Dragons? Only one thing’s for sure: the power is in your hands. And so is—wait, is that the tarantula?! NEVER choose the tarantula!

This hilarious, interactive story will draw in even the most reluctant readers with its wacky twists and turns, demanding to be reread again and again to explore every fantastical possibility.

  • Published: 2 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593529119
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 56
  • RRP: $48.00

About the authors

Kevin Cornell

Kevin Cornell is a New York Times bestselling illustrator whose works include The Terrible Two, You Are the Boss of This Book!, and several self-authored picture books including New In Town, Lucy Fell Down The Mountain, and Go To Sleep Monster!. He dwells in Philadelphia, with his marvelous wife, his bird-devouring greyhound, and a frankly overwhelming backlog of sardines to eat.