WITH obesity at the top of the health agenda for children as well as adults, here’s a superb picture book which explores the issue in a frank but amusing way.

Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog spend all their time eating, sleeping and watching TV.

As a result, day by day their very house seems to be shrinking – or so they believe – until they can’t fit into it any more.

So they set off on a quest to seek help from their distant relatives, the cunning tiger and the wild wolf, walking most of the way...

Comical pictures and a clever twist at the end make this an entertaining read.

Rosalind Kerven