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Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales and revelled in the World’s Worst Teachers with their delightfully dreadful deeds – now prepare for…THE WORLD’S WORST PARENTS! From the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, Tony Ross.
Are you ready to meet the worst parents ever?
Sure, some parents are embarrassing – but they’re NOTHING on this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you rocking with laughter.
Pinch your nose for Peter Pong, the man with the stinkiest feet in the world… jump out of the way of Harriet Hurry, the fastest mum on two wheels… watch out for Monty Monopolize, the dad who takes all his kids’ toys… and oh no, it’s Supermum! Brandishing a toilet brush, a mop and a very bad homemade outfit…
Are you ready to meet the worst parents ever?
Sure, some parents are embarrassing – but they’re NOTHING on this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you rocking with laughter.
Pinch your nose for Peter Pong, the man with the stinkiest feet in the world… jump out of the way of Harriet Hurry, the fastest mum on two wheels… watch out for Monty Monopolize, the dad who takes all his kids’ toys… and oh no, it’s Supermum! Brandishing a toilet brush, a mop and a very bad homemade outfit…
306 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2020
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David Walliams
232 books3,409 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award-winning sketch show Little Britain. His debut children's novel, The Boy in the Dress, was published in 2008 to unanimous critical acclaim and he has since developed a reputation as a natural successor to Roald Dahl.
David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award-winning sketch show Little Britain. His debut children's novel, The Boy in the Dress, was published in 2008 to unanimous critical acclaim and he has since developed a reputation as a natural successor to Roald Dahl.
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July 27, 2020
My 8-year-old son has been a very reluctant reader. The only thing he would read was non-fiction, and even then there wasn't a lot that held his interest. Until I bought him Walliams' 'The World's Worst Children' that is. It took him all of 2 days to get through it, and he kept giggling whilst reading. I very quickly got him all the other books in the 'World's Worst...' series and they've been a massive hit.
I got curious so read this one as soon as he finished it, and I can definitely see why he enjoys these books so much. They're funny and a little dark, and I can see where the comparisons to Roald Dahl come from. Walliams has definitely found his niche here and I hope there are many more to come in this series.
I got curious so read this one as soon as he finished it, and I can definitely see why he enjoys these books so much. They're funny and a little dark, and I can see where the comparisons to Roald Dahl come from. Walliams has definitely found his niche here and I hope there are many more to come in this series.
July 2, 2020
Create book really funny🙂👍👌
Greats book one of the best I have ever read. I really would recommend it to someone 👌 👍 🐱
Greats book one of the best I have ever read. I really would recommend it to someone 👌 👍 🐱
July 10, 2020
This is my first time reading one of David Walliams books and I loved it! One word - parmesan, I'll never look at it the same way again 🤢
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July 27, 2020This was a very easy and funny read
December 2, 2021
Nakon najgore djece na svijetu i najgorih nastavnika na svijetu, tu su najgori roditelji na svijetu. Za djelima Davida Walliamsa posežem kada mi je potreban odmor. On zna što mi treba, zna što mi paše jer se pokazalo da su mi njegove knjige bile odlične u nekoliko navrata. A kada su i u boji i tvrdih korica, onda je to jedan nivo više, ako je uopće moguće!
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April 23, 2024
Good but not that good. Could be a bit better.
November 7, 2020
I love the book and it was great
My favourite cartors were Monty monopolize, lord grandiose, Harriet hurry, And miss tutelage.
I love this book❤️❤️❤️📖📚📚❤️❤️❤️
My favourite cartors were Monty monopolize, lord grandiose, Harriet hurry, And miss tutelage.
I love this book❤️❤️❤️📖📚📚❤️❤️❤️
May 29, 2021
A+
100/100
!THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS!
Ok so! cause this book has many different stories combined... I will review each story separately.
The book over all is really fantastic but just reviewing the book in itself would not give a proper description. I am just rating the stories according to my thoughts on each segment of the book.
First Story:
Peter Pong
3.5/5 Stars
This is the first story in the book and I will say i was kinda grossed out by the fact that someone can have THAT much of stinky feet. Needless to say he was the man with the stinkiest stinky stink feet in the world. The cook show that his daughter participated in did remind me of "Master Chef". I Can see why she didn't want to invite her father to the finale. I wanted to PUKE when he used his TOE CHEESE as CHEESE ON THE DISH! I was disgusted by that and so were everyone in the cooking show.... so therefore the storyline was really creative but its just TO EAT TOE CHEESE for me so thats the only reason I am rating it a 3.5/5 stars
Second Story:
Belinda Brag
4.5/5 Stars
I was kinda hyped to read this story cause by the image illustrated in the book Belinda looked really bougie and I did kinda expect a storyline about a bougie parent. The story line wasn't the best....but the descriptive words really took the characters personality to a whole new level. I would have given it 5 stars but the story line wasn't that big and I was kinda expecting a punch line but nada. Its pretty typical a girl who dens want to be very fancy and doesn't like to brag and is the opposite of bougie I would have preferred it to be more like the mother and daughter were on the same page just to see what the daughter would do if she was bougie and how farewell she take it. So thats the only thing that I was kinda disappointed about.
Third Story:
Barry Bovver
4/5 Stars
The description was pretty accurate to the character and the story line he plays. The story is basically about a father who is a strongman and thinks from his muscle and early uses his brain.... he names his daughter Brian which he didn't realise is a boys name and whenever he is asked any question he just says "My Brain Hurts!" This is a great story the punch line was great and I never expected him to lift the school! The thing I really liked was his colleagues helped him when it was needed that was really kind. But when he was as thin as a pancake and he went to the hospital the story ended there.... I was kinda disappointed cause I wanted to know what will happen next. They ended the story by saying that he will from now on always use his brain over his muscles. Thats the only reason I rated it a 4/5 Stars
Fourth Story:
Posy Pooch
3/5 Stars
This is a mother who is obsessed with dogs. I think obsessed is an understatement. This story id all over the place. It will take me ages to write and hours for you to read if I completely explain this so I'll try to be detailed while explaining in brief. So her husband is allergic to dogs but after a lot of explanation and pleading to her husband the husband made one condition....that her wife can only buy 1 dog so... Posy outsmarted her husband and bought the biggest breed of dog you can a TIBETAN MASTIFF!! And she treated the dog better than her own family literally at a point the dog(s) took over the entire house but I'll get to that... so one afternoon after Peaches Pooch(her daughter) and her husband came home to find ANOTHER TIBETAN MASTIFF! Posy thought that the dog needed a wife....... then........she gave birth to not one....not two....not three but.... a WHOPPING 99 PUPPIES!! I would give this story more stars again if it wasn't for the ending. I know the mother was obsessed with dogs but would you just let her go off to another island? That was kinda disturbing to me....
Fifth Story:
Terry Tech
3.5/5
I don't blame this man queue are really irritating and my feet literally give up on me but I can probably go by one WITHOUT having my STANDING ON THE END, MY GLASSES STEAMING UP, MY NOSTRILS FLARING UP?, AND MY EARS FLAPPING?! I am not kidding around when I say that he went COO COO CRAZY when he sees queues. Again.... I would have given this story more if it wouldn't have been for the aunt and her teeth! WHO BITES THERE NEPHEW?! And Terry did take it too far from doing all the chaos he caused.
Sixth Story:
Miss Tutelage
2.5/5 Stars
Don't get me wrong....this is a great story, but I didn't get how she is one of the worlds worst parent. She is her son's teacher but she isn't crazy about her son to become the no.1 student or be the top of his class. The story is basically about a mother who is her sons teacher as well but the son doesn't want the school to know that. Then he gets into a fight and his mother saves him and then he tells the entire school that Miss Tutelage is actually his mother. I am just not really big fan of this story personally.
Seventh Story:
Monty Monopolize
4.5/5 Stars
I was thrilled for this story she I saw this. The graphics are AMAZING I mean they illustrated Monty perfectly! I think by BRICKO they mean the famous toy company "LEGO".This father is obsessed with BRICKO's he has every set possible. If I explained everything in detail then this review will be really really really really loooooooooooooooooooooong. So ill just cut to the end part. I do like the ending. I was happy how he was still with the family but separate at the same time. This was a really good ending!
Eight Story:
Harriet Hurry
3.75/5 Stars
I would have given it a four but I didn't really like the story line as much. Its just about a mom who is really speedy and her daughters who want to do something about it cause when I mean speedy I really mean speeeeeeeeeeeeeeedy or WHOOSH! WHIZZ! ZOOOM! WHIRR! So her daughters decide to do something. Thy went to the police station stacked on top of each other like a jenga tower which could collapse any moment and they somehow convinced the officer and the daughter on the top of the jenga tower (Little Jackie) was in the force. Ill cut to the last, so the ending is kinda funny they tel her that she can't speed now on her cycle the mom agrees and right after that she says "where is the nearest skateboard shop?" and the girls screamed "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!". I really like the ending.
Ninth Story:
Lord Grandiose
5/5 Stars
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE OUT OF ALL! I LOVE THE ENDING! AND THE BEGINING AND THE MIDDLE! THIS STORY IS A OVERALL 5 START IN MY BOOK! Its about an Upper-Class twit. He meets another Upper-Class twit called Lady Lavonia Lavish. She was a rather even more of a posh upper-class twit if I say more myself. The ending was IMMACULATE. It was perfect maybe even more than perfect! It was mind-boggling funny! Well......I guess thats what you get for being a twit!
Tenth Story:
Supermum!
4/5 Stars
This story was the one I was most exited about. Tho it is the most creative one out of all of them.....I had higher expectations of the story..... Don't get me wrong! Its a great story! Just not my cup of tea. I don't want to go in detail in this one cause this is about a mom who clean bogs. Now...there is no shame in hard work! But the thing that happened next........THE BOGS WERE ALIVE! THEY WERE SWALLOWING HUMANS! That was a MAJOR surprise!
Over all the book is PHENOMENAL and I would without a doubt read it again! But there are some Storie is like more than others and maybe 1 or 2 stories I didn't enjoy that much......But Mr. Walliams has great sense in humour and he is a very creative writer. The introduction that was given to the book was hilarious him pretending to be his mom! And how he thanks everyone in a very funny way! like his illustrator Tony Ross! He adds funny stories they did while thanking them! He is a man who has to be one of my favourite authors! He is like a new Roald Dhal in my opinion! He always bring out something that just catches peoples eyes and when they read the books they want to read it again ad again! I would recommend this book to everyone who likes a good laugh in there books!
100/100
!THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS!
Ok so! cause this book has many different stories combined... I will review each story separately.
The book over all is really fantastic but just reviewing the book in itself would not give a proper description. I am just rating the stories according to my thoughts on each segment of the book.
First Story:
Peter Pong
3.5/5 Stars
This is the first story in the book and I will say i was kinda grossed out by the fact that someone can have THAT much of stinky feet. Needless to say he was the man with the stinkiest stinky stink feet in the world. The cook show that his daughter participated in did remind me of "Master Chef". I Can see why she didn't want to invite her father to the finale. I wanted to PUKE when he used his TOE CHEESE as CHEESE ON THE DISH! I was disgusted by that and so were everyone in the cooking show.... so therefore the storyline was really creative but its just TO EAT TOE CHEESE for me so thats the only reason I am rating it a 3.5/5 stars
Second Story:
Belinda Brag
4.5/5 Stars
I was kinda hyped to read this story cause by the image illustrated in the book Belinda looked really bougie and I did kinda expect a storyline about a bougie parent. The story line wasn't the best....but the descriptive words really took the characters personality to a whole new level. I would have given it 5 stars but the story line wasn't that big and I was kinda expecting a punch line but nada. Its pretty typical a girl who dens want to be very fancy and doesn't like to brag and is the opposite of bougie I would have preferred it to be more like the mother and daughter were on the same page just to see what the daughter would do if she was bougie and how farewell she take it. So thats the only thing that I was kinda disappointed about.
Third Story:
Barry Bovver
4/5 Stars
The description was pretty accurate to the character and the story line he plays. The story is basically about a father who is a strongman and thinks from his muscle and early uses his brain.... he names his daughter Brian which he didn't realise is a boys name and whenever he is asked any question he just says "My Brain Hurts!" This is a great story the punch line was great and I never expected him to lift the school! The thing I really liked was his colleagues helped him when it was needed that was really kind. But when he was as thin as a pancake and he went to the hospital the story ended there.... I was kinda disappointed cause I wanted to know what will happen next. They ended the story by saying that he will from now on always use his brain over his muscles. Thats the only reason I rated it a 4/5 Stars
Fourth Story:
Posy Pooch
3/5 Stars
This is a mother who is obsessed with dogs. I think obsessed is an understatement. This story id all over the place. It will take me ages to write and hours for you to read if I completely explain this so I'll try to be detailed while explaining in brief. So her husband is allergic to dogs but after a lot of explanation and pleading to her husband the husband made one condition....that her wife can only buy 1 dog so... Posy outsmarted her husband and bought the biggest breed of dog you can a TIBETAN MASTIFF!! And she treated the dog better than her own family literally at a point the dog(s) took over the entire house but I'll get to that... so one afternoon after Peaches Pooch(her daughter) and her husband came home to find ANOTHER TIBETAN MASTIFF! Posy thought that the dog needed a wife....... then........she gave birth to not one....not two....not three but.... a WHOPPING 99 PUPPIES!! I would give this story more stars again if it wasn't for the ending. I know the mother was obsessed with dogs but would you just let her go off to another island? That was kinda disturbing to me....
Fifth Story:
Terry Tech
3.5/5
I don't blame this man queue are really irritating and my feet literally give up on me but I can probably go by one WITHOUT having my STANDING ON THE END, MY GLASSES STEAMING UP, MY NOSTRILS FLARING UP?, AND MY EARS FLAPPING?! I am not kidding around when I say that he went COO COO CRAZY when he sees queues. Again.... I would have given this story more if it wouldn't have been for the aunt and her teeth! WHO BITES THERE NEPHEW?! And Terry did take it too far from doing all the chaos he caused.
Sixth Story:
Miss Tutelage
2.5/5 Stars
Don't get me wrong....this is a great story, but I didn't get how she is one of the worlds worst parent. She is her son's teacher but she isn't crazy about her son to become the no.1 student or be the top of his class. The story is basically about a mother who is her sons teacher as well but the son doesn't want the school to know that. Then he gets into a fight and his mother saves him and then he tells the entire school that Miss Tutelage is actually his mother. I am just not really big fan of this story personally.
Seventh Story:
Monty Monopolize
4.5/5 Stars
I was thrilled for this story she I saw this. The graphics are AMAZING I mean they illustrated Monty perfectly! I think by BRICKO they mean the famous toy company "LEGO".This father is obsessed with BRICKO's he has every set possible. If I explained everything in detail then this review will be really really really really loooooooooooooooooooooong. So ill just cut to the end part. I do like the ending. I was happy how he was still with the family but separate at the same time. This was a really good ending!
Eight Story:
Harriet Hurry
3.75/5 Stars
I would have given it a four but I didn't really like the story line as much. Its just about a mom who is really speedy and her daughters who want to do something about it cause when I mean speedy I really mean speeeeeeeeeeeeeeedy or WHOOSH! WHIZZ! ZOOOM! WHIRR! So her daughters decide to do something. Thy went to the police station stacked on top of each other like a jenga tower which could collapse any moment and they somehow convinced the officer and the daughter on the top of the jenga tower (Little Jackie) was in the force. Ill cut to the last, so the ending is kinda funny they tel her that she can't speed now on her cycle the mom agrees and right after that she says "where is the nearest skateboard shop?" and the girls screamed "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!". I really like the ending.
Ninth Story:
Lord Grandiose
5/5 Stars
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE OUT OF ALL! I LOVE THE ENDING! AND THE BEGINING AND THE MIDDLE! THIS STORY IS A OVERALL 5 START IN MY BOOK! Its about an Upper-Class twit. He meets another Upper-Class twit called Lady Lavonia Lavish. She was a rather even more of a posh upper-class twit if I say more myself. The ending was IMMACULATE. It was perfect maybe even more than perfect! It was mind-boggling funny! Well......I guess thats what you get for being a twit!
Tenth Story:
Supermum!
4/5 Stars
This story was the one I was most exited about. Tho it is the most creative one out of all of them.....I had higher expectations of the story..... Don't get me wrong! Its a great story! Just not my cup of tea. I don't want to go in detail in this one cause this is about a mom who clean bogs. Now...there is no shame in hard work! But the thing that happened next........THE BOGS WERE ALIVE! THEY WERE SWALLOWING HUMANS! That was a MAJOR surprise!
Over all the book is PHENOMENAL and I would without a doubt read it again! But there are some Storie is like more than others and maybe 1 or 2 stories I didn't enjoy that much......But Mr. Walliams has great sense in humour and he is a very creative writer. The introduction that was given to the book was hilarious him pretending to be his mom! And how he thanks everyone in a very funny way! like his illustrator Tony Ross! He adds funny stories they did while thanking them! He is a man who has to be one of my favourite authors! He is like a new Roald Dhal in my opinion! He always bring out something that just catches peoples eyes and when they read the books they want to read it again ad again! I would recommend this book to everyone who likes a good laugh in there books!
January 9, 2022
I really enjoyed reading this book and found it very entertaining and fun to read. Each of the parents personalities are so different and make reading the book a lot more enjoyable. Some of the parents weren’t even that bad! Or turned out to be great near the end of there story, after they learnt their lesson.
Overall a 4 star book.
Overall a 4 star book.
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October 15, 2022Understandably funny and relatable for children. I know my class of 5-7 year olds would enjoy the humour but as adult this was just annoying and exasperating….
March 11, 2024
I don’t feel the magic anymore
July 25, 2024
Hørte på lydbok, læhtis men litt ekkel til tider😳 Sånn, det er en barnebok med mye sånn prupp og rape humor. Og HVER gang noen lzm rapa så hørtes det ut som om noen rapa meg rett i øret🏃♂️➡️Den første historien om en forelder var helt for jævlig ekkel, ble retten og sletten kvalm🤢
3⭐️⭐️⭐️(Den var lættis men sånn🫢)
3⭐️⭐️⭐️(Den var lættis men sånn🫢)
July 20, 2020
Reflections and lessons learned: Keeping it fair in the series by pointing out that there are multiple good and bad personalities that make up the world - including parents!
September 2, 2020
I think that this is a very funny book. Four and a half stars.
May 28, 2021
I liked it just maybe more time limit from school then it would be 5 stars
January 5, 2023
I love david walliams books as you all probably know. This one was so funny i love the worlds worst books and only have one more to collect
May 19, 2023
Nothing too special. But still pretty good
August 2, 2023
I loveeed this book my favorite was the bragging mom
January 17, 2025
Love it just my tipe
September 15, 2025
I enjoyed this book, mostly anyway. The last chapter was a little boring for me that's why it was 4 stars not 5. This book made me feel happy and I found it interesting.
November 23, 2025
This book was good and proves that our parents are the best you may not agree at times but reading this made me thankful my parents were perfect
January 29, 2024
Er staan diverse, leuke verhalen in! Die van Juf Docent vind ik erg grappig.
February 23, 2022
That's not only a children's book and also parents have super fun of reading it.
December 9, 2025
David Walliams is probably my new favorite author 🤗
February 16, 2021
Great Book
I loved this book so much it was great I loved all the parts in it especially the Supermum chapter.
I loved this book so much it was great I loved all the parts in it especially the Supermum chapter.
January 20, 2022
Funny- Please do respect your parents/ caregivers though
November 4, 2022
Good book 📖 👌 has so many stories and pages and funny mums and dads
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 11, 2023
I love that every page has pictures and that it is very courleful it is definitely a 5 star rating and I just love David Walliams books 📚
April 9, 2021
In my continuing determination to read children's books, there are two reasons why I picked this up:
One- David Walliams making another addition to his 'World's Worst' series after Worst Children and Worst Teachers.
Two- Tony Ross's illustrations. In. Colour.
Sure, some parents are embarrassing – but they’re NOTHING on this lot. These are ten tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads.
I absolutely love this series even though the characters aren't exactly the type to appeal to anyone.
As is a feature of the series, each of the books include a letter from someone special. This has one from the author's mom who very kindly (or not) offers him ideas for his next book. As part of the acknowledgements, the author also shares anecdotes about all the people involved in it. I reserve my opinion on whether these are true or fictitious but I do insist they are fascinating to read.
Each of the ten stories bring out some of the strongest emotions. At the same time, they allow you to reflect on yourself and right the wrongs. If I had to pick my favourite worsts (did I get that right?), I'd choose Miss Tutelage and Harriet Hurry, and maybe Supermum! She is innovative. You have to give her credit for that.
As far as the artwork goes, of course, when you already love Tony Ross's black and white illustrations, these done in vibrant colour are irresistible.
Read this to guarantee some amazing laughs. You will enjoy it by yourself as well as in sharing with the little ones around you.
For complete review, visit https://aquamarineflavours.wordpress....
Find me on other platforms via https://linktr.ee/AshieJayn
One- David Walliams making another addition to his 'World's Worst' series after Worst Children and Worst Teachers.
Two- Tony Ross's illustrations. In. Colour.
Sure, some parents are embarrassing – but they’re NOTHING on this lot. These are ten tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads.
I absolutely love this series even though the characters aren't exactly the type to appeal to anyone.
As is a feature of the series, each of the books include a letter from someone special. This has one from the author's mom who very kindly (or not) offers him ideas for his next book. As part of the acknowledgements, the author also shares anecdotes about all the people involved in it. I reserve my opinion on whether these are true or fictitious but I do insist they are fascinating to read.
Each of the ten stories bring out some of the strongest emotions. At the same time, they allow you to reflect on yourself and right the wrongs. If I had to pick my favourite worsts (did I get that right?), I'd choose Miss Tutelage and Harriet Hurry, and maybe Supermum! She is innovative. You have to give her credit for that.
As far as the artwork goes, of course, when you already love Tony Ross's black and white illustrations, these done in vibrant colour are irresistible.
Read this to guarantee some amazing laughs. You will enjoy it by yourself as well as in sharing with the little ones around you.
For complete review, visit https://aquamarineflavours.wordpress....
Find me on other platforms via https://linktr.ee/AshieJayn
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