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It was a major bonus that it was centered around a zoo too, which of course I loved, but with that setting, Walliams was also able to get the message out of not being cruel to animals (as well as each other), and the power of breaking down bullying was a strong theme. They included trying to normalise people's differences, promoting that we all look different and that's a marvelous thing! All in all, this was such great fun and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of David Walliams' books. Walliams succeeds at promoting self-love among blobfish who is considered to be the ugliest (according to The WHOPPING Book of Fish), terrifying komodo dragon, incredibly slow sloth, proboscis monkey with his outrageous hooter, spiky-backed echidna, pig-nosed frog, umbrellabird with his long dangly wattle that looks like a folded-up umbrella, star-nosed mole who looks like he has worms on the end of his face, hamadryas baboon with her matching red face and bottom, hooded seal who can blow his nose like a ballon and many more through Bob — it's a marvelous thing! All the characters and animals in this story were great Arons favourite was blob my favourite was Mr Basil Basildon.

I can't say I'm as keen as they were but then I'm not the target audience and just comparing it to other children's stories that I've read them. If you make fun of yourself to make others laugh more with you, rather than at you, are you still not making people laugh at your expense? Bob found out some animals at the zoo are unique and not alike and they have no one to visit them but others bully them too so bob made these animals be proud of who they are by accepting what they have. The story is centered around a zoo and the author is able to transmit the message of not being cruel to animals (as well as to each other).I did an internship in a school in England (before Corona sent me back to Germany) and all the kids were reading David Walliams. It was the first book of David Walliams that I read, but it was so atrocious that I cannot read another of his.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Since August 2013, he has written and starred in the BBC One sitcom Big School playing chemistry teacher Keith Church. I think one of the best things in the world is listening to your child trying to read something but there in fits of giggles. Roald Dahl is amazing, legend, one of a kind but David's books are genuinely good, kind, honest and most importantly wise. The twist is that it's presented from not only a little boy's perspective but also those of some animals SOME people might consider "ugly.except maybe the introduction--Mr Willybum :P Mostly it's just making you smile or chuck instead of laugh out loud. 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. He gets bullied by the Stubbs and most of his classmates make fun of him because he has a big nose - he looks different than the others. Blob' is short and sweet and has the same sort of charm that Dahl's children books have, with well carved and ridiculous characters.

There are lots of fascinating animals included as well, both familiar and rarely heard of, and the illustrations are lovely.

It isn't a book, a story, it's a short story, it seems like people are making movies out of David's books just because he is famous, not for any(or lack of) plot. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.