The Very Bad Book

The Very Bad Book

Author	Andy Griffiths
Illustrator	Terry Denton
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication date	31 August 2010
Pages	174
ISBN	978-0-330-42565-0
Preceded by	The Bad Book
Followed by	The Super Bad Book (expected in 2011)

The Very Bad Book is a 2010 book of short stories for children 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.^[1]

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",^[2] 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

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