description: Despite the scorn of the other boys in Room 8 about the assignment to care for their ""flour babies""--bags of flour that must be kept dry, mud-free, and safe from harm--Simon, a clumsy misfit, begins to enjoy caring for his ""baby.""
language: English
title: Flour Babies
titlecomplete: Flour Babies
genres: Middle Grade, British Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Novels, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 2712
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Novel, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound