This book is a humorous yet insightful take on the importance of responsibility and parenthood. The main characters are a group of school children who are tasked with looking after six-pound bags of flour which represent the responsibilities of parenthood. Readers of all ages can relate to this book, and it is especially recommended for parents who want to teach their children the importance of responsibility in a fun way.

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• Whitbread Award for Children's Novel (1993)
• Carnegie Medal (1992)

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found hereLet it be flour babies. Let chaos reign.When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get to work on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins. To their intense disgust they get the Flour Babies - sweet little six-pound bags of flour that must be cared for at all times.

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