Nothing but trouble

Maisie's day goes from bad to bad to worse - she is woken up by a smelly baby, splashed by paint in art class, finds a caterpillar in her salad and so forth. Younger infants enjoyed and empathised whilst the older ones quickly caught the drift of the sly humour in the illustrations which is well served by the 'tongue in cheek' text. Clarke's parting shot (which I cannot give away) shows the delicacy of his control for he could so easily have blown it all by going over the top at the end!