Robodog: The incredibly funny new illustrated children’s book for 2023, from the multi-million bestselling author of SPACEBOY

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He received the Comedy Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance as Bottom in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ directed by Michael Grandage. The show has won numerous international awards including three BAFTAs, and now plays in over 100 countries. This follows on from the success of Grandpa’s Great Escape, Awful Auntie, Demon Dentist, Ratburger and Gangsta Granny.

I have a few ideas on why this book didn’t work for me but it genuinely surprised me that I didn’t love this book. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Added to all this, David’s books have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim: Awful Auntie, Ratburger and Demon Dentist won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year and in France David was awarded the popular Tamtam for Mr Stink and the prestigious Le Prix Du Livre De La Jeunesse for Ratburger, so it comes as no surprise that countless broadsheet reviewers have compared David to his all-time hero, Roald Dahl. Robodog will nevertheless need all the assistance available to overpower the conniving cats determined to destroy him; Pavarotti, a cat so large that he flattens his enemies by sitting on them; Slash, the terrifying feline street fighter who is rumoured to have killed a pack of wolves; the wise old Codger and the evillest cat in the world, Velma.The Chief turns to the Professor with an ingenious idea: a single dog that can aid in different police activities; a robot dog “Robodog”.

The Police Chief is stressed out as she can’t seem to get ahead of it, and the entire city is now suffering. It is ruled by the baddest of baddies and badly needs its own superhero to defeat these supervillains.Robodog is the action-packed comic caper with cats, dogs and robots and set in a world of superheroes and supervillains. The characters are flat and talk a lot but nothing happens, apart from things getting damaged and making sounds.