When her little sister, Clemmie, refuses to go out in the rain, Matilda sets out to teach her all the delights of a wet Saturday. But after her enthusiasm leads her to make a big mistake, it’s Matilda who will end up learning an unforgettable lesson.
- Nominated for the 2014 Eisner Award for Early Readers and Winner of Parents Magazine's Best Early Reader of 2013.
- The U.S. debut by famed Argentine cartoonist Ricardo Liniers, creator of the Macanudo cartoon strip.
- Doubles as a read aloud book with toddlers and a book young children can begin to read on their own.
- The perfect addition to Family Stories and Weather classroom library collections for Grades K-2.
- Accompanying TOON into Reading CCSS-Aligned Lesson Plan and Activity Sheet (free download).
Matilda teaches her little sister Clemmie all the delights of a wet Saturday.
Ricardo Liniers Siri lives in Buenos Aires with his wife and two daughters, Matilda and Clementina, who inspired The Big Wet Balloon. For more than ten years, he has published a hugely popular daily strip, Macanudo, in the Argentine newspaper La Nación. He also tours the world drawing on stage with musician Kevin Johansen. His work has been published in nine countries from Brazil to the Czech Republic, but The Big Wet Balloon is his first book in the United States.