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The illustrations perfectly capture the stories being told and made me want to spend extra time on each page just admiring them even. Laugh along to these ten terrifying tales of marvellous monsters, brought to you by David Walliams, and illustrated in glorious technicolour by Adam Stower. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. Readers will revel in delight at the array of frightfully fun characters, including Lord Phantom who has woken up after 500 years to discover that his home has been turned into a theme park, Amber who is convinced her parents and little brother are vampires, Buster who discovers his new pen pal might just be a werewolf and Rose who is on the trail to uncover the true story of the Loch Ness Monster,” HCCB said.
The World’s Worst Pets was the bestselling children’s book of 2022 (UK TCM Chart, 27 December 2022), and David Walliams was recently the UK Children’s number one bestseller with Robodog (TCM Chart, 11 April 2023).Scroll down for a treasure trove of fantastic activities, all inspired by David Walliams’ tremendous tales. It would have been interesting to see more stories with suspenseful scenes or unhappy endings, considering the horror theme. Matching the energy of Walliams’ exuberant text is no mean feat, but Stower more than rises to the occasion. If you don’t like ghosts, ogres, zombies, vampires, aliens, werewolves or mummies, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK.
We are delighted to announce three signing events for Robodog, with David Walliams and Adam Stower this Easter! Wallaims successfully revamps gothic literature icons and urban legends as inspiration for stories for a younger audience. Inspired by Hammer Horror, gothic literature and B-movies, each of these 10 stories – lavishly illustrated by the preternaturally versatile Adam Stower – is full of surprises, full of laughs, full of frights, and ultimately full of heart, in the way that only Walliams can.Stower commented: “I have always loved monster stories ever since I was little, so illustrating The World’s Worst Monsters has been terrific fun! However, David Wallaims collection of ten tantalising stories breaks the tradition and introduces young readers to popular monsters with lighthearted backstories.