*A Waterstone's Best Book of 2024* *A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025* Bloomsbury presents Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales by Catherine Cawthorne, read by Andrew Wincott and Chloë Sommer. Join the Big Bad Wolf as he debunks your favourite fairy tales with SCIENCE! Written by the hilarious Catherine Cawthorne. Did a princess really feel a tiny pea through a mountain of mattresses? And could a pumpkin actually turn into a carriage to carry Cinderella to the ball? Of course not! It's all a load of fairytale NONSENSE! Or is it . . . ? The Big Bad Wolf is on a mission to find the truth behind these tales, and clear his name in the process. Combining STEM topics with classic stories children know and love, this hilarious non-fiction book is perfect for inquisitive children always asking big questions!