Hachette India

Rule Of The House

Mac Barnett

A smart and hilarious picture book about sibling rivalry with monsters toothbrushes and plenty of pinches from New York Times best-selling team Mac Barnett and Matthew Myers.

Ian always follows the rules. His sister Jenny breaks them all the time-especially "Don't pinch." So Ian is thrilled when the house where his family is vacationing posts a tidy list of rules. But when Jenny breaks them all the house itself decides it's time for payback. The rug the stove and the bathtub are hungry for rulebreaker soup and they've found the perfect ingredient: Jenny!

Now Ian is faced with a thorny question: What if saving your sister means breaking the rules?

From the New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Matthew Myers comes a hilarious tale of sibling rivalry moral complexity and disgruntled monsters perfect for sharing with your own favorite rulebreakers.

Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is the author of many books for children including Extra Yarn illustrated by John Klassen a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; The Wolf the Duck and the Mouse a New York Times bestseller; Sam and Dave Dig a Hole a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Other titles include The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown Chloe and the Lion and Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem. He is the co-author with Jory John of the New York Times bestselling series The Terrible Two. Mac lives in California.

Dan Santat is the Caldecott Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend Are We There Yet? After the Fall as well as the illustrator including Drawn Together and Lift by Minh Lê The Alphabet's Alphabet by Chris Harris and Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife two kids and various pets. His website is dantat.com.