Created an hilarious, sure-to-be-popular collection of poems, cartoons, jokes and mini-stories, that is.
Some are based on classic poems (“Mary had a very bad lamb, its fleece was black as tar. It smoked and drank and stayed up late at its favourite all-night baa.”) and some are original concepts.
All of them, though, involve clever, quirky ideas and plays on language that kids – even the more reluctant readers – enjoy and relate to.
Although, perhaps a warning is necessary: this is not a book for the faint-hearted or people prone to queasiness, or those who love nothing but a happy ending.
Then again, perhaps those people could do with a healthy (if grotty) dose of a Very Bad Book.
Title: The Very Bad Book
Author: Andy Griffiths
Illustrator: Terry Denton
Publisher: Pan Macmillan, $14.99 RRP
Publication Date: September 2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780330425650
For ages: Primary school
Type: Comedy
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