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The World of David Walliams 4 Book Collection: Gangsta Granny / The Boy in the Dress / Mr Stink / The Boy in the Dress

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FOUR hilarious and moving novels from the number one bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams.

Boy in the Dress – Dennis’s ordinary life is about to get a lot less ordinary. Why? There’s a clue in the title of this book…

Mr Stink – When Chloe speaks to a local tramp, she discovers there’s more to Mr Stink than meets the nose.

Gangsta Granny – Like most grannies, Ben’s granny has white hair, false teeth… and is an international jewel thief!

Ratburger – Can Zoe keep her beloved pet rat safe from the clutches of the dastardly Burt and his Burt’s Burgers-making machine?

1104 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2012

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David Walliams

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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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October 19, 2014
He is a fantastic author and also really funny read his books
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July 16, 2014
They's book are very good read good for young people
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April 22, 2016
You should read all his books there amazing and creative
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May 9, 2017
love your your books can I have your autograph
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January 4, 2021
Great read as a kid, couldn’t put the books down!
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September 26, 2023
This review is for billionaire boy. Billionaire boy is a book about Joe Spud who is looking for friends in a rich world. His dad is so caught up in riches that he cant even say i love you to his son. It is a sorrowed story and is very heartfelt. Along with being rich Joe is also overweight which makes making friends very hard for him. I believe the meaning which David Walliams is trying to meet was very well met and it was easy to follow the story. This book was missing it’s final star as the ending was a little messy and i believe it could have been better explained. This book would be very good to read for ages 6-12 because of the story line and like mentioned before it was very easy to follow. the humour (purple bottoms, etc) would easily be enjoyed for that age category.
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February 2, 2019
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September 30, 2023
Stupid

and offence mean David the author is mean and should be arrested
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August 2, 2023
The book ‘billionaire boy’ was written by a British author called David Walliams. This book is hilarious yet heartwarming. This book is about a boy whose name was Joe Spud. His dad, Len Spud, was poor but invented a type of toilet paper, which made him an extremely wealthy man. Joe instantly became a billionaire and went to a posh school, lived in a large mansion and had everything he ever needed. Joe has his own formula one race car, a thousand pairs of trainers and anything you can ever think off. The only thing he needed was a friend. His classmates in his school were either princes or dukes and earls. They thought that Joe did not deserve to be a billionaire as his dad made toilet rolls. Joe was really desperate for a friend, so he requested to go to a local school with ordinary kids. He tried to hide his identity at first, but then was exposed very quickly. He managed to make a friend who was bullied by the other kids before his identity was exposed. Joe tried to pay the bullies to stop bullying his new friend, Bob, but it wasn’t what Bob wanted. Bob wanted to stand up on the bullies by himself, so the two had an argument about this and they decided to not be friends anymore. The next day, Joe went to school and realised that there was a new girl in the school, whose name was Laura. She was so pretty that everyone started talking about her. She then became a friend of Joe and told him that she liked him. Joe even ignored Bob because of Laura. After a while, A hint after another, Joe finally found out that Laura was actually an actress that was paid by Joe’s dad to be Joe’s friend. Joe was very disappointed with his dad and finally decided to run away from home. The next morning, Joe decided to turn back after the local newsagent, Raj, convinced him. Before he went home, he went to find Bob. They finally became friends again after Joe promised that he would never use money to deal with everything. Joe then saw on the television that his dad went bankrupt as the company was sued for making peoples bottoms turn purple. At last, Joe and his dad lost everything and Joe’s dad married Bob’s mum, as Joe finally found the true meaning of happiness. This story teaches me that money isn’t everything, you can’t buy happiness with money. Sometimes, you can be happy when you are poor but you won’t always be happy even if you are rich. I would rate this book a 9.9 out of 10.
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February 7, 2018
I enjoyed reading these series of books because they were entertaining and very funny. My favourite book out of the set was Gangsta Granny because i enjoyed seeing what challenges she got up to. I think these books were too easy for Year 9 and so therefore will try a more challenging book next time.
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February 24, 2021
This book is amazing 👍 I litally lobe David wallimas if you don't like this book I don't like you at all I love the show to these my abslotly love gangster granny and the boy in the dress recommend it love y'all 😘😍😇🤔🤓🤓 and it took me 10 hours to read this spoiler alert why did gangster granny steel jewles this inspired me to write my own book 👩🙊👤👩‍❤️‍👩👪
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July 7, 2017
David Williams is my best author ever
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January 20, 2018
He is a genius these are amazing books wow I'm speechless
They all have raj in it and he's amazing
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March 9, 2018
So funny chips came out my nose👃🏼🍟
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April 16, 2018
These David Walliams Books, like all the other ones, are really funny and humorous. If you are a person that likes funny and sad books, I recommend this set of books to you!
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