Meltdown!

Author: Cara Matheson

Interest age: from c 3 years

Published on 9 July 2026 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages
252 x 298 x 5 | 236g

Cilla Chinchilla's ice cream van has only one rule: your ice cream flavour MUST rhyme with your animal name. But when her customers start to misbehave, can Cilla avoid a meltdown?It's Rocky Road for Toad.

Banana for Iguana.

And Fig for Pig.

But when Pig demands Rocky Road, the other customers start to complain too. Can Cilla stick to her strict rhyming rule? And will Pig EVER get his Rocky Road?A hilarious picture book from emerging talent Cara Matheson, brought to life with brilliantly bonkers illustrations from Mike Byrne.