The Bad Book

by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Illustrator)

WARNING! This book contains nothing but bad stories, bad illustrations, bad poems, bad cartoons and bad riddles about bad characters doing bad things. It is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad book.BAD JACK HORNER

Bad Jack Horner
Sat in a corner
Pulling the wings off a fly.
He swore at his mum
Kicked his dad in the bum,
And said 'Oh, what a bad boy am I'.

Genres: Childrens, Comedy, Fiction, Humor, Novels, 21st Century

172 pages

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Andy Griffiths is Australia’s most popular children’s writer. He is the author of over 20 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. Over the past 15 years Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, won over 50 children’s choice awards, been adapted as a television cartoon series and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 Andy became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking!, smashing his previous record of 4 awards for The Bad Book in 2005.

In 2008 Andy and his wife Jill collaborated with The Bell Shakespeare Company on the popular and critically acclaimed theatrical production Just Macbeth! which was nominated for two Helpmann Awards. In July 2010 Just Macbeth!completed a return sold-out season at the Sydney Opera House before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received rave reviews. The book of the play was shortlisted in the children’s section of the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.

Andy has had a long-standing collaboration with the multi-talented illustrator Terry Denton. Together they have produced theJust! series, the wildly popular The Bad Book and The Very Bad Book, the ridiculous illustrated guide What Bumosaur is That?, and the Seussian-inspired early readers The Cat on the Mat is Flat and The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow! Their latest book is The 13-Storey Treehouse (September 2011).

http://us.macmillan.com/author/andygr...

Reviews

[Malorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because it was very bad, and bad is good to me. It’s the best book in the world. I can’t wait to get the VERY bad book. I would give it more than a hundred stars and it’s just so cool I love it. Thank you.

[Samir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ill read it

[Ndelaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good :)

[Will · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well the book was funy

[Ya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that short but interesting book

[Gracie La · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is sooooooooooooo funny the jokes in there made me cry.

[Cruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author: Andy Griffiths
Illustrator: Terry Denton
First Published: 2004

You know how educators say "get the kids reading anything"? This is one of those books children will read and you will sit there scratching your head about the relative quality and importance of it.

And yet...

Griffiths plays with some language tools we are told by those same educators are important in reading growth.

Rhythm and rhyme.




Repetition.

Imagination.




Prediction.




Humour through riddles and playing with words.




Ultimately, "The Bad Book" is hysterically funny and completely stupid. It's clever with plenty of toilet humour, but no bad language. Combining language and image literacy, Griffiths and Denton give early readers and their educators another step up on the ladder to Reader.

The Bad Books:
The Bad Book
The Very Bad Book
Killer Koalas from Outer Space

References:
Author's website: http://andygriffiths.com.au/books/the...
Terry Denton W'pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_De...
Andy Griffiths w'pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gri...
The Bad Book w'pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_...

Age:
Read aloud - 4+
Read yourself - 7+

-CR-

[Tonu · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book is funny but fairly easy to read I honestly enjoy his other books better than this on but this can be alright to read as I read this for the first time when I was 4 years old it was funny then for the first time but it really isn't funny now. sorry Andy Griffiths fans

[Mandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

best book ever!

[Gab · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!!!!!! I gave it to my brother who hates reading - and he loved it too!

[Simon Sweetman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Good - I mean BAD. So, SO bad. Oscar and I thought it so very bad it took us two goes to finish it!

[Seb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riveting

[Steph La Greca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading this book when I was in primary school and absolutely loving it. I remember even feeling a bit rebellious for reading a book so "bad". Obviously this book is aimed at younger readers, so reading it now, it was a pretty easy read, however I still really enjoyed it. Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton are actually such good children's book writers, and I definitely recommend their works to everyone, especially younger readers.

[Jacob Shute · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was a kind of good book I just finished it in about half an hour it was a really short read and I would only recommend it are you really really really need to read a short book or you just like seeing people die in very horrible ways (which I hope you don’t) but I just wouldn’t recommend this book anyways. Hence the 1 star review.

[Uttam Jha · Rating 1 out of 5]

horrible book nothing to learn, lots of profanity. low standards and absolute garbage. I cannot understand how a poem on dead pigs n horses can make it to kids books. Highly not recommended. This writer should be banned from kids libraries.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is very bad

[Ghostly Writer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.5 stars.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book I read the whole book in 1 day it is a shorty but a goody it has lots of different funny things in it

[Dee-Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastically bad. Not sure if this is the type of book you want to motivate children to read with, it would probably work, however some of the ideas are pretty shocking.

[Peter Pasko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very silly book but I still enjoyed reading it.

[EVAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that the book was great apart from the bad ant 🐜 parts they got a bit boring after a wile.🤨

[Nancy Valentino]

This was so silly, but I’m a big fan of these two working together and it was a lot of fun. Recommended for children who are into gross/slightly violent but mostly absurd things.

[Suzanne Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

J laughed and laughed. 5 Stars.

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've never seen my 6 year old son laugh so hard! 😂 Chock full of randomness. Definitely not for those who are easily offended!

[~Emmy~ REYN · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a bad bad wood,
There was a bad bad .... .. 😁

[Iylah Roil]

I really enjoyed this book because it was by my favourite author.

[Iylah.Roil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, it was very gòod:)

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hilarious! My 8 year old and I loved it!!! Hooked!!! Griffiths has immediately become our new favourite!

[Amy Lifshack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic childhood book.

[Sarah Fairbairn · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I did find this book amusing, it is designed for a much younger audience. I think kiddlets from 6-10 would find it hilarious.