I don't know about you but the way he plays with the greys on his palette makes them so incredibly detailed. This magical story of bravery will convince little girls that courage does not differentiate gender. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.He went to art school in Liverpool and has since worked as a typographer for design and advertising agencies. We kept talking about how great it would be if there was a giant monster made up of all different monsters.

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. When Larker is sent to the school for pulling a prank, she quickly realises something very odd is going on . He took up swimming in his youth because he was overweight, and has subsequently completed long distance swims of the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the River Thames, raising millions of pounds for charity! I also enjoyed this book because in the school there are a bunch of horrible teachers that made me laugh. They like the level of scariness in this book, like the drawing and the humor, but there is a lot of idiomatic English and British terminology that you should be prepared to explain.David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children’s number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide. He has gone on to take the children’s literary world by storm, dominating sales charts and twice winning the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. Here, you meet the weirdest characters caught in bizarre situations which are curiously entertaining. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. The lessons are appalling, the school dinners are revolting and the teachers are terrifying – especially the mysterious Science teacher Doctor Doktur. In David's brand new novel Megamonster, heroine Larker discovers something dangerous in the heart of the Cruel School - science teacher's Doctor Doktur's Monsterfication Machine.