''The Very Bad Book'' is a 2010 book of short stories for

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written by Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton. ''The Very Bad Book'' is the sequel to Griffiths and Denton's "The Bad Book" published in 2004. Griffiths has announced plans to release a third title in the series, ''The Super Bad Book'', in 2011.

Synopsis

Much like its predecessor, ''The Bad Book'', which turned standard children's fairy tales and nursery rhymes on their head by rewriting them as the "bad" version, this book contains a number of tales that are "very bad". The characters are very bad, the illustrations are very bad, and the poems and jokes are all very bad, all with the aim of delighting the children (and their parents) who will read this book. There are 51 stories, poems, jokes, etc. in all.

Reception

The ''Logan Reporter'' called ''The Very Bad Book'' "... actually very good", noting that the trepidation some parents might feel at introducing their children to such bad characters is unfounded as the book makes clear through its absurdity that these characters are bad and not to be emulated.

References

External links

Author's website

''The Very Bad Book''
at Google Books Australian children's books Short story collections by Andy Griffiths 2010 short story collections COOL Award-winning works 2010 children's books Children's short story collections Australian short story collections {{2010s-story-collection-stub