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It isn't a book, a story, it's a short story, it seems like people are making movies out of David's books just because he is famous, not for any(or lack of) plot. As I paid a fair bit more than that, it was disappointing to see the cover has a massive crease down the middle of it and the condition is not as good as I would have expected. It’s a very similar writing style to Roald Dahl and the way it uses fonts and sizes is like Lauren Child.

Roald Dahl is amazing, legend, one of a kind but David's books are genuinely good, kind, honest and most importantly wise. Bob found out some animals at the zoo are unique and not alike and they have no one to visit them but others bully them too so bob made these animals be proud of who they are by accepting what they have.It was a major bonus that it was centered around a zoo too, which of course I loved, but with that setting, Walliams was also able to get the message out of not being cruel to animals (as well as each other), and the power of breaking down bullying was a strong theme. I did an internship in a school in England (before Corona sent me back to Germany) and all the kids were reading David Walliams. He is an English comedian, actor, author, television presenter and activist, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch shows Little Britain, Rock Profile and Come Fly with Me.

Bob is now happy as he has many friends including the unique animals and zoo keeper owner and zoo keeper worker as his friends and a lifetime of free zoo tickets for him to use. Walliams succeeds at promoting self-love among blobfish who is considered to be the ugliest (according to The WHOPPING Book of Fish), terrifying komodo dragon, incredibly slow sloth, proboscis monkey with his outrageous hooter, spiky-backed echidna, pig-nosed frog, umbrellabird with his long dangly wattle that looks like a folded-up umbrella, star-nosed mole who looks like he has worms on the end of his face, hamadryas baboon with her matching red face and bottom, hooded seal who can blow his nose like a ballon and many more through Bob — it's a marvelous thing! The twist is that it's presented from not only a little boy's perspective but also those of some animals SOME people might consider "ugly.

except maybe the introduction--Mr Willybum :P Mostly it's just making you smile or chuck instead of laugh out loud. It was the first book of David Walliams that I read, but it was so atrocious that I cannot read another of his. There are lots of fascinating animals included as well, both familiar and rarely heard of, and the illustrations are lovely. I love that the glossary informs you of the facts about the animals in the book, because he did make them do some rather preposterous things in the story!

The zookeeper and Winston helps bob by pulling a prank/revenge scheme on the bullies who bully Bob which makes them leave him alone. A blob fish - maybe it has a tad bit of a good message, about how you look not mattering- but it is awful.

By the end of 2014, Walliams had sold over 4 million books and is described as "the fastest growing children's author in the UK. I love books with animals anyway (I prefer the company of animals to people) and so it was nice to see some of the more unuusual, not oft-mentioned animals on display here (or at least I haven't read many books that actually mention such things as aye-ayes and pangolins and snapping turtles among others. Bob is a good character who just loves animals and it's the animals that help him to get revenge on said bullies. Stink, Rattourger, Demon Dentist, The World's Worst Children, The World's Worst Children 2, The World's Worst Children 3, Awful Auntie, and Bad Dad.

Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 32 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages. This book was written for World Book Day 2017 and is by one of my favourite authors - David Walliams. Willybums knows how to make this 24-year-old kid snort, chuckle and giggle with his take on the zoo and school bullies. And so begins a funny and heartwarming story of a very unusual friendship – and some very strange animals. He gets bullied by the Stubbs and most of his classmates make fun of him because he has a big nose - he looks different than the others.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The story is centered around a zoo and the author is able to transmit the message of not being cruel to animals (as well as to each other). David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and on the blockbuster collections, The World’s Worst Children 1, 2 and 3. All in all, this was such great fun and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of David Walliams' books. This is such a heart-warming story that revolves around a ten-year-old boy named Bob who lives with his poor grandpa.

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