Addy the Baddy

by Margaret Joy, Lauren Child (Illustrator)

It's Addy's first day at a new school, but she has decided to behave so badly that they will send her home. She begins by blocking the basin with paper towels, moves on to breaking all her crayons, and mixing all the paints up to a horrible mud colour. But no-one takes any notice.

78 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Margaret Joy was born on Tyneside and began her working life as a teacher. After contributing short stories to children's radio and BBC TV's Play School, she wrote her first full-length story for children, Gran's Dragon, set in Bristol. she now lives and writes in North Wales, where her husband was head teacher of a school for deaf children. They have four grown-up children, and have enjoyed several journeys abroad with them.

She very much enjoys visiting Theatr Clwyd - "a real bonus for North Wales" - and has tried to learn Welsh, although found it very difficult. In between visiting schools and libraries to talk to children, she swims, studies Italian, and researches local history.