Bad Herbert

by Mike Lucas

There's a big chocolate cake at the end of this book.
If you don't believe us, then take a look.
But beware, for bad Herbert is heading there too.
Do you think he can get to the cake before you?

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Mike Lucas is an author of picture books and young adult novels. His YA fiction has been shortlisted for the Readings Book Prize, CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. His picture book Where is Cheeky Monster? won the 2025 Speech Pathology Award for children from birth to 3 years. Mike presents writing and poetry workshops at schools, owns a bookshop in Blackwood, South Australia, and works as a full-time engineer. He has very little time to sleep, but often thinks up a poem or two while he does.