Chubby & BumBum: The Summer Lake Mystery

About this book

The lake has suddenly gone still…

What is blocking the spring below? Who will dive down to find out? Under the summer sun, Chubby and BumBum walk down to Moonlight Lake and find it silent – the surface flat, no waves dancing, not one water horse leaping. As twilight spreads its purple sky, Neptune rises from the water, his bright mane gone dim. The magic current has stopped, he tells them, and without it the lake is growing warm and his friends are growing weak. So the two climb onto his back and dive down through crystal tunnels to find what is blocking the spring – a boulder bigger than a house.

A gentle rhyming adventure about bravery, teamwork, and helping others – the story where Chubby and BumBum push harder than they knew they could, for a friend they have only just met. Soft watercolour lake scenes and a water horse who guards the deep show young readers that courage is mostly just showing up for someone.

Chubby & BumBum Adventures is a series of rhyming read-aloud picture books for children ages 3–5. Thirty-two pages, thirteen original watercolours, and AABB couplets written to be read out loud.

Written by Swati Joshi. Illustrated by Maulik Mehta.