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The World’s Worst Children 3
288 pages
A delightfully disgusting collection of cautionary tales that revels in the chaotic, gross, and absurd extremes of bad behavior.
What it feels like
Reading this collection feels like being let in on a deliciously naughty secret by a mischievous uncle. The atmosphere is relentlessly boisterous and chaotic, driven by a gleefully gross sensibility that knows exactly how to make a middle-grade reader shriek with laughter. Each bite-sized tale moves at a brisk, theatrical pace, leaning heavily into exaggerated caricatures and slapstick comedy. The prose itself is loud and expressive, bursting with onomatopoeia and dramatic typography that practically demands to be read aloud. It is an experience steeped in irreverence, where the joy comes not from moral lessons, but from the sheer, unadulterated fun of watching truly awful children meet their bizarre and highly specific comeuppances in the most absurd ways imaginable.
- Mood
- chaotic
- boisterous
- mischievous
- silly
- Tone
- irreverent
- cheeky
- exaggerated
- gleefully gross
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- absurd comeuppance · gross-out comedy · childhood rebellion · exaggerated flaws
- The writing
- The writing is punchy and theatrical, heavily relying on onomatopoeia, dramatic capitalization, and a conspiratorial narrator who speaks directly to the reader.
- The arc
- The reader is taken on a rollercoaster of gleeful disgust that culminates in the deeply satisfying, ridiculous downfall of each terrible child.
- Who it's for
- Perfect for middle-grade readers who delight in toilet humor, slapstick comedy, and seeing naughty kids get exactly what they deserve.
Content notes
- gross-out humor
- toilet humor
- cartoonish peril
About the book
From the phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children! Illustrated in glorious and gruesome colour by artist genius, Tony Ross, these stories will appal and delight young readers....
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