by Lilli L'Arronge, Bloomsbury, paperback, 5.99

When a little boy throws his banana skin on the pavement, his sister warns him that it could cause an accident. He is amused rather than concerned, so, letting her imagination run wild, she describes with each new page how 'one thing can lead to another' until the whole town is in chaos. Of course, this could never happen - or could it? Children will enjoy tracking the events and their many consequences.