What Can a Mess Make?

An Indie Next List Pick

In this gorgeously illustrated rhyming picture book, two sisters spend their day playing at home and leaving joyful, cozy messes in their wake.

Kitchen clatter.
Milk and juice.
Syrup splatter.
Chocolate mousse.
Bowl of berries--
Red and blue.
A mess can make a meal for two.

From breakfast to bedtime, from pillow fort to pillow fight, these sisters make all kinds of messes.

Imaginative, playful, forgiving, delicious messes.

And their messes make a day full of possibilities.

With bouncy rhyming language and warm illustrations, What Can A Mess Make? inspires readers to embrace their imaginations, linger in the beautiful messes on every page, and make some messes themselves.

Author: Bee Johnson
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 08/20/2024
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.66w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9781250900241
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2024
School Library Journal 07/01/2024 pg. 58
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 90
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2024 pg. 51
Shelf Awareness 08/22/2024

About the Author
Bee Johnson was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked as a commercial and editorial illustrator since 2010. Her client list includes the New York Times, Warby Parker and the Guardian. She lives in the Northeast with her husband, their two daughters and a beagle named Banjo. What Can A Mess Make? is Bee's first picture book.