The Day the Mac 'n' Cheese Ran Out (the Terrible Trio #2)

The Terrible Trio is a fun illustrated series, best described as The Bad Guys meets Madagascar!

Marg, Zeb and Barry found a way to make their unconventional superpowers special. But now there's been a In a world where all the animals have superpowers, Zeb the zebra, Marge the penguin, and Barry the lemur have the WORST powers of all.

But WORST is about to get truly TERRIBLE when Marge mysteriously loses her Mac 'n' Cheese-making power and the three friends come FACE-TO-FACE with a HANGRY lion!

Is ZEB about to get ROASTED?

Author: Swapna Haddow
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.38w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781546183020
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2026

About the Author

Swapna Haddow grew up in the UK and wrote her first book at age eight. She wishes she'd kept it, but it seemed like a good idea at the time to trade it for two stickers and a couple of marbles! Her first published book was the hilarious junior novel Dave Pigeon, which grew into a laugh-out-loud, award-winning series. She has since written many funny, colourful, and much-loved picture books as well as further junior fiction series. Swapna loves to write stories filled with boisterous animals causing mayhem, with friendship and humour consistently at the heart of her work. Swapna now lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, with her husband, son, and their dog. Her first homegrown tall tale with Scholastic New Zealand is But Then... the almost true story of an overdue book.

Minky Stapleton is a multi-faceted illustrator with a range of styles, all with a dash of humour. An award-winning Art Director and Creative Director originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Minky gave up advertising to follow her first love, illustration. She now resides in Auckland, New Zealand, where she balances illustration projects with running classes for kids on how to design scary monsters. Minky has illustrated many titles for Scholastic, from hilarious picture books to historical fiction and high-energy, heavily illustrated junior fiction.