This is the humorous story of one big, happy family that band together to handle a series of household calamities and save their beloved home! Panoramic art captures the fun-filled action all around the house. The book is aimed at children aged four years and upwards. For want of a screw, the doorknob was lost; for want of a knob, the door was lost...and, from there, comic chaos builds in a series of hilarious steps! Linda Ashman serves up a heaping helping of humorous fun as one big, happy family band together to handle a series of household calamities and save their beloved home. Narrated in catchy, beguiling verse, and featuring panoramic art that captures fun-filled action all around the house, this is the perfect story for every child who feels there's no place like home.

 

This book was recognised in the Primary School category by the Golden Sower Award. It was recognised by the Ladybug Picture Book Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Sterling Juvenile .

Linda Ashman has written more than 20 books for young readers. Michael Chesworth is the prolific illustrator of more than 40 children's books.