Messy or Neat?: A Lift-the-Flap Book

A Home Edit Board Book for Kids

Illustrated by Hsinping Pan
Board Book
$8.99 US
7"W x 7"H x 0.63"D  
On sale Jul 29, 2025 | 24 Pages | 9780593712207
Up to Preschool

Lift the flaps on this colorful board book to inspire little ones to keep their spaces neat instead of messy—from the New York Times bestselling authors and organizing experts behind The Home Edit!

Messy or neat: Can you tell the difference?

Books and crayons, clothes and shoes—everything should always have a place. Before organizing, everything is so messy. And afterward, it's so wonderfully neat. Lift the flap on these pages to see the difference between a messy room and a neat one! 

Discover tidy spaces and spaces that could use tidying in this delightful lift-the-flap board book from Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of The Home Edit.
© John Shearer
The stars of Hello Sunshine's Mastering the Mess and the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit, Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin founded The Home Edit with the goal of merging conventional organization and interior design. With clients all over the country, they offer both full and virtual services through their website. They have also been featured in People, House Beautiful, and Architectural Digest and on Goop, among other places. They are the authors of the New York Times bestseller The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life. Clea and Joanna live with their families in Nashville, Tennessee. View titles by Clea Shearer
The stars of Hello Sunshine's Mastering the Mess and the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home EditClea Shearer and Joanna Teplin founded The Home Edit with the goal of merging conventional organization and interior design. With clients all over the country, they offer both full and virtual services through their website. They have also been featured in People, House Beautiful, and Architectural Digest and on Goop, among other places. They are the authors of the New York Times bestseller The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life. Clea and Joanna live with their families in Nashville, Tennessee. View titles by Joanna Teplin
"An ideal book to acclimate kids of all ages to the notion of clean-up; this book could not be more welcome and cheerful." —School Library Journal
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Lift the flaps on this colorful board book to inspire little ones to keep their spaces neat instead of messy—from the New York Times bestselling authors and organizing experts behind The Home Edit!

Messy or neat: Can you tell the difference?

Books and crayons, clothes and shoes—everything should always have a place. Before organizing, everything is so messy. And afterward, it's so wonderfully neat. Lift the flap on these pages to see the difference between a messy room and a neat one! 

Discover tidy spaces and spaces that could use tidying in this delightful lift-the-flap board book from Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of The Home Edit.

Author

© John Shearer
The stars of Hello Sunshine's Mastering the Mess and the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit, Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin founded The Home Edit with the goal of merging conventional organization and interior design. With clients all over the country, they offer both full and virtual services through their website. They have also been featured in People, House Beautiful, and Architectural Digest and on Goop, among other places. They are the authors of the New York Times bestseller The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life. Clea and Joanna live with their families in Nashville, Tennessee. View titles by Clea Shearer
The stars of Hello Sunshine's Mastering the Mess and the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home EditClea Shearer and Joanna Teplin founded The Home Edit with the goal of merging conventional organization and interior design. With clients all over the country, they offer both full and virtual services through their website. They have also been featured in People, House Beautiful, and Architectural Digest and on Goop, among other places. They are the authors of the New York Times bestseller The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life. Clea and Joanna live with their families in Nashville, Tennessee. View titles by Joanna Teplin

Praise

"An ideal book to acclimate kids of all ages to the notion of clean-up; this book could not be more welcome and cheerful." —School Library Journal

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