The World’s Worst Monsters: A new fiercely funny fantastical illustrated book of stories for kids, the latest from the bestselling author of Robodog

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The World’s Worst Monsters is funny and heart-warming, and magnificently illustrated by Adam Stower – the perfect book to share the pleasure of reading.

With ten terrifying tales of marvellous monsters such as Lord PHANTOM waking up after five hundred years to discover that his home has been turned into a theme park or Amber who is convinced her parents and little brother are VAMPIRES!If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Filled with all the wacky and wonderful characters in David Walliams' books, you can download any of these free activity sheets for hours of fun and learning at home! Scroll down for a treasure trove of fantastic activities, all inspired by David Walliams’ tremendous tales.

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Receive an exclusive digital excerpt of 'Bat Baby' and 'The Legend of The Wolfwere' before The World's Worst Monsters is released on 6 July! However, David Wallaims collection of ten tantalising stories breaks the tradition and introduces young readers to popular monsters with lighthearted backstories.

I loved the anticipation of seeing where he was going to take each monster’s individual story as I made my way through this book. After this fantastic installment to ‘The World’s Worst’ series, I can’t wait to see what David Walliams comes up with next. Each of the book’s ten short stories is a (gently) spooky and fast-paced standalone tale, which breaks the book into manageable chunks that kids can dip in and out of.

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). They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.Two boys obsessed with monsters plan the perfect quick rich scheme whilst a young girl encounters something much more interesting. Formatting, bright colours, short chapters/stories makes them easy to pick up, there's plenty of silliness and puerile content to keep children giggling. Nick Lake, fiction publisher, added: “ The World’s Worst Monsters is an electrifying new instalment in the bestselling World’s Worst series. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Available for a limited time only, so don't miss out and make sure you share this story with your own Little Monsters before Friday 3rd Nov at midnight!