In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake. I ended up staying an hour later at night still reading it, due to its cliffhangers at the end of each chapter. In David's brand new novel Megamonster, heroine Larker discovers something dangerous in the heart of the Cruel School - science teacher's Doctor Doktur's Monsterfication Machine. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, which published in early 2017, spent four weeks at industry number one and eight weeks at the top of the children’s chart. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. 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! His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross.This magical story of bravery will convince little girls that courage does not differentiate gender. David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children’s number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook).

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It has been a while since Walliams wrote a story about a girl with wit as sharp as a smooth edge of paper, a delightful sense of humour, and courage that fails at nothing. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. David's books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children's number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide.We kept talking about how great it would be if there was a giant monster made up of all different monsters.

Alternatively, we suggest that you visit your local library and request to borrow a copy from a friendly librarian. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.The lessons are appalling, the school dinners are revolting and the teachers are terrifying – especially the mysterious Science teacher Doctor Doktur. I also enjoyed this book because in the school there are a bunch of horrible teachers that made me laugh. When Larker is sent to the school, she quickly realises that VERY odd things are going on involving sinister Science teacher Doctor Doktur, a secret cave and a 'Monsterfication Machine'.