We have some copies of the World Book Day books in the library. You can find them on the Quick Reads spinner. These are a great way to try out an new author, or to read a different genre.
World Book Day vouchers can be used up until the end of March to get your own copy of any one of the books for free! If you don’t have a World Book Day voucher, ask your English teacher.
David Walliams and Sophie McKenzie have won the Red House Children’s Book Awards 2015. Demon Dentist came top of the younger readers section, while Split Second won the older readers one. The books in the Red House Award are nominated and voted for by children, so they tend to be popular choices!
The blurb for Split Second:
Charlie’s life is torn apart by a terrorist bomb in a London market. Months later she meets Nat, whose family has been left devastated by the same explosion. But as Charlie gets closer to Nat she starts to wonder if he knows more about the attack than he is letting on…
Life can change in the blink of an eye – whether you’re ready or not.
and for Demon Dentist:
Make your appointment if you dare…Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find…a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it…?
Now in it’s fifth week at the top of the bestseller lists, David Walliams’ latest book, Awful Auntie, has just arrived in the library.
The bit on the back says…
Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her sleeve…
Worryingly there is also a bit on the front which says “Free owl inside”, so I haven’t dared open it yet, which is a shame because it is gorgeously illustrated by Tony Ross. Borrow the book if you are brave enough to face Aunt Alberta and the Great Bavarian Mountain Owl.
‘Billionaire Boy’ is a hilarious novel, with the odd spark of romance. I really loved how Walliams gave the character a snobby attitude at the start of the novel, which then eroded to warm heartedness. My favourite part was when everyone who used ‘Bumfresh’ gained a marvellous medical affliction – their rear ends turned purple – and a chart was made to measure how purple their rear ends were.
Hilarious!
Demon Dentist is by the very, very funny David Walliams and is the story of Alfie and his dread of dentists, and of what happens when the scary Miss Root comes to town…
The blurb on the back says:
Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow.
Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it?
We have lots of David Walliams’ books in the library – ask at the library desk if you need help to find them.
This week’s Book of the Week is the funny, heart-warming and ever-so-slightly anarchic Mr Stink by David Walliams. It’s a book which will make you laugh and then make you think.
The blurb on the back says –
Chloe is just about the loneliest girl in the world. But then she meets Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit – but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her. So when Mr Stink needs a place to stay, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed!
But Chloe’s about to learn that some secret have a way of leading to disaster. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the nose…
David Walliams has a fantastic and fun-filled cartoony website, World of Walliams, with lots of games and extras about his books – watch the video, then click here to go to it. Then read the book!
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talking about and reading from his new book Gangsta Granny on BBC Scotland. Click on the cover picture to watch the video –