What Can a Mess Make?, Bee Johnson
What Can a Mess Make?, Bee Johnson
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What Can a Mess Make?

Author: Bee Johnson

Narrator: Karissa Vacker

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/20/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

What Can a Mess Make? features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for ukulele music and the sounds of crafting!

In this adorable rhyming audiobook, two sisters spend their day playing at home and leaving joyful, cozy messes in their wake.

Kitchen clatter.
Milk and juice.
Syrup splatter.
Chocolate mousse.
Bowl of berries—
Red and blue.
A mess can make a meal for two.

From breakfast to bedtime, from pillow fort to pillow fight, these sisters make all kinds of messes.

Imaginative, playful, forgiving, delicious messes.

And their messes make a day full of possibilities.

With bouncy rhyming language, What Can A Mess Make? inspires listeners to embrace their imaginations, linger in the beautiful messes, and make some messes themselves.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

About Bee Johnson

Bee Johnson was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked as a commercial and editorial illustrator since 2010. Her client list includes the New York Times, Warby Parker and the Guardian. She lives in the Northeast with her husband, their two daughters and a beagle named Banjo. What Can A Mess Make? is Bee’s first picture book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 13, 2024

Precious text with sweet illustrations that touched my heart as a mom of two little mess-maker sisters. This was a beautifully done book.......more

Goodreads review by Rod on January 10, 2025

A mess can make all my muscles tense, my mood sour, and my day worse. No thank you! Most definitely not for me.......more

Goodreads review by Lois on July 23, 2024

This audiobook was made available for me to listen to and review by Bee Johnson, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley. This audiobook is narrated by Karissa Vacker. Ms. Vacker has a soft, cheerful voice, perfect for this book. This is a high quality production with fun background music, a guitar it sounds......more

Goodreads review by Rosario on February 09, 2025

This one is a favorite! This is a story that can resonate with children and adults alike. It is a reminder that making mistakes is okay, being yourself can be messy, and at any point in time it’s okay to pivot!......more


Quotes

"Rhyming text and charmingly clutter-filled scenes capture both the ingredients and the fun that can come from making a mess. . . . A childhood scamper through simple pleasures of sibling fun." —School Library Journal

"The sisters’ love shines through as they work out new solutions in this house that looks like a place where creativity is valued. The illustrations include many details to expand on the spare, rhythmic text. . . . As these lively girls invite the reader to take part in their marvelous mess, who knows what they might make next?" —Booklist


Awards

  • NPR Best Book of the Year