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Suitable for 7 - 10 years

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From the world’s favourite author, David Walliams – ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters; all in a gorgeously gifty FULL COLOUR format! Are you ready to meet the World’s Worst Children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls! * Like Sofia Sofa – a TV super-fan so stuck to the sofa that she’s turning into one! * Or Dribbling Drew – a boy whose drool gets him into trouble on a school trip! * And not forgetting Blubbering Bertha – a girl who bawls and tells terrible tales! Also featuring a special appearance from fan-favourite Raj! From Number One bestselling author David Walliams comes this collection of wickedly funny, deliciously mischievous tales, illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius Tony Ross.

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Catalogue number

5161 in Schools Catalogue 2020/21

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780008197032

Publisher

HarperCollins

Date published

May 5th, 2016

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AR book level: 5.3; Middle years; 3.0 points

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  • 272 pages
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Author/Illustrator

David Walliams

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David Walliams is a comedian, writer and actor and is best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the hugely popular sketch show Little Britain, and as a star judge on Britain’s Got Talent.

David is also well known for his charitable work for Sports Relief, part of Comic Relief. He took up swimming in his youth because he was overweight, and has subsequently completed long distance swims of the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the River Thames, raising millions of pounds for charity!

In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He has gone on to take the children’s literary world by storm, dominating sales charts and twice winning the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross.

Tony Ross

Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world. As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin.

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  1. Unicornlover5
    on 7 July 2019

    I give this book 5 stars.Its about ten dreadful children who do all kinds of horrible things.I would reccomend to people who like funny things.

    5out of 5

  2. Annie
    on 12 June 2019

    hilarious! each story has a positive message for kids too!

    5out of 5

  3. Polarbeardancer
    on 21 June 2017

    A funny novel by the bestselling author – David Walliams. If you like a laugh and a bit of naughtiness and grossness this book is for you!

    4out of 5

  4. sinister50clever
    on 8 June 2016

    It was an amazing book! Funny as usual, I recommend this book to 6 and upwards!

    5out of 5