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. It tells the story of how slime was created, and a boy uses it to wreak revenge on some nasty grown-ups. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. 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.

David Walliams’ legion of fans will delight in an enthralling read that finally unearths the legend of the origins of slime.Once or twice a book is fine but I kid you not, he must have done this on around 30 pages in this book.

His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross. He went to art school in Liverpool and has since worked as a typographer for design and advertising agencies. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. 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.

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! This book, however, is not funny, not different from many other short stories he has written recently, doesn't have a plot and ends abruptly and unsatisfactorily. 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.This little island is home to a large number of HORRIBLE grown-ups who like nothing more than making children miserable. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

They had real storylines and were interesting because they looked at people from a different point of view. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). However, we then read the World's Worst Children 1,2 and 3, followed by World's Worst Parents and World's Worst Teachers.He occasionally uses incorrect vocabulary and grammar which is irritating, but he has told interesting, amusing stories which often have something to think about. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air" – The Sun --This text refers to the hardcover edition. 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. Ned has lived on Mulch all his life and whilst trying to get his own back on his trickster sister, Jemima, he discovers one of the great mysteries of the world – slime!