This is another successful collaboration by the creators of the CBCA Notable Ladybirds Do Not Go To Daycare. This time the story is about Maya who is playing in the back yard and reluctant to come inside and have her bath. Wearing her kitten ears and tail she bounds, pounces and climbs around in the garden always finding a reason not to have a bath. Her patient and inventive Dad finally manages to entice her inside and there is a satisfying and surprising conclusion to the story.
Ali Rutstein and Niña Nill have again created a lively and appealing character, full of mischievous energy and invention. The situation is one very familiar in families with young children who are often reluctant to stop their imaginative play for a boring bath.
Niña Nill is one of the artists exhibiting at the 2025 Book Links Exhibition: StoryArt at the Richard Randall Gallery 4 -13 April.
