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Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 40 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. I was sceptical at first that the child character was such a brat and the parents were the nice ones (as Roald Dahl normally has nice children as the main character) but my kids loved it. The David Williams books are exciting and engaging and never fails to impress with the brilliant content and illustrations.My 5 and 7 year old had David Walliams picture books and felt they were a tad sophisticated in their humour, but I feel he does this age group brilliantly! He went to art school in Liverpool and has since worked as a typographer for design and advertising agencies. 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. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. David and Tony have worked on seven bestselling picture books together, and thirteen of David's phenomenally successful children's novels.

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Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 45 million copies, and his books translated into 55 languages. David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and on the blockbuster collections The World's Worst Children 1, 2 and 3, The World's Worst Teachers and The World's Worst Parents. bestselling author David Walliams – a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more.David Walliams is pictured at the unveiling of a special edition Royal Mail postbox celebrating his literary work outside London's Natural History Museum, which features in his book The Ice Monster . For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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! 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. I think this is my funniest book, and I hope it will appeal to young readers and reluctant readers everywhere. In a career spanning over 40 years he has provided pictures for David Walliams and Francesca Simon’s Horrid Henry series amongst many, many others.Subsequently, have bought most of the DW books for the kids and see them reading the books repeatedly, which has been a good diversion from being hooked onto gadgets. In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Best-known for his novels for children including Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy and Awful Auntie, Walliams has also written a number of picture books including The Slightly Annoying Elephant, working with two of Britain’s most talented illustrators, Quentin Blake and Tony Ross.