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The Blunders

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The Blunders by David Walliams is a delightful children's book centred on a family known for their knack for misadventures. As the Blunder family navigates through a series of comical mishaps, readers are whisked into a world filled with laughter and heartwarming moments. David Walliams crafts a story that highlights the importance of family, resilience, and embracing one's uniqueness.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a fan of humour and quirky adventures filled with imagination and fun. Perfect for children, it offers a delightful tale with whimsical characters and hilarious mishaps, capturing the essence of youthful folly with a heartwarming message. David Walliams' storytelling will surely entertain young readers and their families alike.

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The Blunders

Million-copy bestseller David Walliams’ funniest book yet – a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history

A hilariously funny new illustrated children’s novel from the multi-million bestselling author of SPACEBOY

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Million-copy bestseller David Walliams’ funniest book yet – a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history.

Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people.

This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.

Absurd and hilarious, The Blunders is David Walliams’ funniest book yet. A laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history.

David Walliams was most recently Children’s number one bestseller with The World’s Worst Monsters (TCM Chart, 22 August 2023).

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The Blunders by David Walliams is praised for its laugh-out-loud humour and entertaining mishaps, focusing on an eccentric upper-class family in their deteriorating mansion. Walliams is celebrated for his wit and understanding of children's needs in storytelling, delivering a well-written and funny narrative.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008305840

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Adam Stower

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 384

About the Author

David Walliams is a literary phenomenon whose books have sold more than fifty-four million copies worldwide and have been translated into fifty-five languages. Adam Stower is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, including collaborating with David Walliams on several of his books for children. Adam was born in England, grew up in Switzerland and has loved drawing ever since he was old enough to hold a crayon. He went to art school in Norwich, and Brighton too, where he still lives beside the sea with his wife and a cat called Murray.

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