Naughty Herbert

by Mike Lucas, Heidi Cooper Smith (Illustrations)

Herbert is a mischievous monkey with a taste for sweets. And there's a tasty cake just for the reader on the last page. Readers will love following Herbert as he overcomes every obstacle put in his way to get to the delicious cake. With comical illustrations and rollicking rhyme, this story will not only keep readers engaged, it'll involve them in the book in a whole new way as they attempt to keep their cake safe from naughty, yet wildly determined, Herbert.

29 pages, Library Binding

Published July 30, 2021

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.

Reviews

[Tristan James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Look, it's quite good, not as good as "Bad Herbert" though. Not sure why it needed to be reworded