The Very Bad Book

In a very bad wood,
There was a very bad house.
And in that very bad house,
There was a very bad room.
And in that very bad room,
There was a very bad cupboard.
And in that very bad cupboard,
There was a very bad shelf.
And on that very bad shelf,
There was a very bad box.
And in that very bad box,
There was a VERY BAD BOOK...
AND THIS IS IT!!!

Reviews

"The Very Bad Book is very, very good! I recommend you read it to your parents to freak them out. Don’t try the things in this book at home. That includes: no riding guinea pigs, no feeding dynamite to dogs and no eating dead flies. I love Andy Griffiths books!!"
Rose, age 7

I absolutely loved this book. It’s crammed full of so much nonsense that I couldn’t help but giggle over the very bad jokes, very bad short stories, very bad poems and of course, very bad illustrations. The Dog Poo Family makes an appearance, as does The Very Bad Teacher, The Very Bad Dog, Killer Koalas from Outer-space and Blood Sucking Grannies covered in Gravy, to name a few. If the title of this book isn’t enough to grab a young reader’s attention, the format — with illustrations scrawled across every page — will surely do it. In particular, readers who don’t want to be bogged down with pages of text will enjoy the lively mix of cartoons, snappy jokes and poems, and slightly longer stories. Griffiths and Denton cleverly recognise that the temptation to read something ‘a bit naughty’ is quite a drawcard among young readers, particularly the reluctant kind. This is an explosive, very bad read! *****
Australian Bookseller & Publisher Magazine

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