A Whale in the Bathtub

Boston, New York: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Tom Jellett. Bruno has a problem: There's a whale in the bathtub, meaning he can't take a bath. To make matters worse, nobody in his family believes him. This is playwright Kylie Westaway's first book, published first in her native Australia in 2014. She has a marvelous time showing us how Bruno works through his problem with the whale, while veteran illustrator shows us just what a mess a whale in the bathtub can make! In the words of the Kirkus Review: "Good clean fun."

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First American edition. Bruno has a problem: There's a whale in the bathtub, meaning he can't take a bath. To make matters worse, nobody in his family believes him. This is playwright Kylie Westaway's first book, published first in her native Australia in 2014. She has a marvelous time showing us how Bruno works through his problem with the whale, while veteran illustrator shows us just what a mess a whale in the bathtub can make! In the words of the Kirkus Review: "Good clean fun.". Per the book copyright page, this book was originally published in Australia by Allen and Unwin in 2014. For that reason, it has two copyright dates, per Library of Congress.