Robert Munsch

In 1998, Scholastic held a contest where Robert Munsch was the prize. The class that ended up winning was a Grade 2 class from Stewart, British Columbia.

Munsch made up three stories while he was there. No Clean Clothes was one of the stories. It happened because a kid named Lacey came to school wearing a shirt that said "Kiss Me! I'm Perfect."

Since the school could not go out for recess because there were three grizzly bears on the playground, Munsch made up a story about Lacey walking to school and getting kissed by lots of local animals like bears and wolves and moose and caribou (NEAT!) and finally by a boy (YUCK!).

ART ALERT! All the buildings in the book are real buildings from Stewart, British Columbia. Michael Martchenko also hid an elephant in the book.

From No Clean Clothes. Text copyright © 2006 by Bob Munsch Enterprises Ltd. Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Michael Martchenko. All rights reserved.