Tag: Books

Mammoth new children’s books announcements!

Walliams fans, you are in for a wonderful Walliams winter indeed! Today, David announced not one but TWO new children’s books…

THE ICE MONSTER (ILLUSTRATED NOVEL)

Leading the charge this winter is a mammoth of an adventure called The Ice Monster. It’s a must read for people who love Walliams other children’s books like The Midnight Gang and Gangsta Granny… So it’s a must read for everyone!

Here’s what David had to say about his new book:

“I’ve had a magnificent time writing this book. It is an adventure story set in London in 1899 with a cast including Queen Victoria, the Chelsea Pensioners and a Woolly Mammoth. I am thrilled to finally be sharing it with the world.”

Find out more and order your copy here!

GERONIMO (PICTURE BOOK)

Penguins can’t fly… or can they? In this delightfully topsy-turvy picture book by David Walliams and Tony Ross, baby Geronimo finds out if his wildest dreams can come true.

It’s a magical tale too cute for words, and will warm your heart all winter long.

Find out more and order Geronimo here!

Celebrate the RAF Centenary with Grandpa’s Great Escape!

This year is the ONE HUNDRED YEAR anniversary of the Royal Air Force, also known as the RAF! Celebrate by soaring up, up, and away on your own Spitfire adventures! Here’s how…

1) Check out these amazing photographs of David Walliams‘ own grandfather, taken in 1940 during his RAF days! Do you know anyone who was in the RAF? Ask them to share their stories with you!

2) Take the Spitfire Driving Test in The World of David Walliams Book of Stuff. Remember to drive in the centre of the road so you don’t knock the wings off!

3) Read Grandpa’s Great Escape to your own Grandpa!

4) Watch 100 aircraft fly over Buckingham Palace – if you’re in London, just look up around 1:00 p.m. (BST)! You can also catch it on TV.

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5) Dress up like Grandpa! Here’s how to make your own Grandpa medals and moustache at home while you’re waiting for your official costume to arrive.

6) Visit a museum! Did you know that the Imperial War Museum featured in Grandpa’s Great Escape is a real place? If you are visiting London, England, you can go there to learn about real RAF pilots, dress up in uniform, and see the aircraft up close.

7) Buddy up and take turns talking about the most THRILLING moments from Grandpa’s Great Escape, or ask your teacher to print some of these free classroom activities for you to try at school!

Up, up and away…..! 

Gangsta Granny | Favourite Characters

WATCH: Enjoy the second of three little Gangsta Granny clips in celebration of the brand-new anniversary edition of the book, out now! Here David introduces  his favourite characters.

In case you missed it…

The full-colour gift edition of Gangsta Granny makes the perfect present for Walliams fans old and new, but is only available for a limited time!

More about it here!

What inspired Gangsta Granny?

WATCH: With a brand new gift edition out now, David’s been looking back at what first inspired his heartfelt and uplifting bestseller, Gangsta Granny. Watch this little clip and you’ll want to go and give your own Granny a great big hug.

In case you missed it…

The full-colour gift edition of Gangsta Granny makes the perfect present for Walliams fans old and new, but is only available for a limited time!

More about it here!

Celebrating ten wonderful Walliams years!

Can you believe David Walliams has been writing books for a whole TEN YEARS?

That’s a very long time. Some of you reading this might not even be ten years old!

And it’s a lot of books.

David Walliams has actually sold over 23 million copies of all the books he’s written during that time! That’s more than the number of out-of-date products in Raj’s shop.

There’ll be lots going on throughout the year, so stayed tuned for more details. There might just be a helicopter tour involved, lots of school visits and even a Walliams Week.

But first, something so exciting you’ll be racing out to your nearest bookshop.

We have released extra-special gift editions of Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny in FULL COLOUR with gorgeous shiny covers and illustrations that no-one has ever seen before!

Imagine Gangsta Granny scaling a drainpipe in a wetsuit in full colour! Or Mr Stink bathing in a pond while the fish make their escape!

And once you’ve read those, there’ll be two more. Spectacularly special editions of Grandpa’s Great Escape and The Boy in the Dress will be published later in the year. It’s enough to make you wish you had four birthdays!

Start writing your list now of all the people you know would LOVE to receive a copy (and put your name at the top). You can get your hands on them now – but hurry, they won’t be around for long!

Find out more about the ten year anniversary editions here:

BAD DAD is the Christmas UK Number One!

WALLIAMS FANS, WE HAVE NEWS!! EPIC NEWS!

You know we told you that Christmas was going to be BIG for David Walliams? (He’s on TV twice this Christmas with his TV adaptations of Grandpa’s Great Escape and Ratburger.)

Well what we didn’t know then was that it was going to be EVEN BIGGER than that!

We’re excited to tell you. We’re even MORE EXCITED than excited. There isn’t a word for it. David Walliams will have to invent one.

We’re jumping up and doing a Raj-style dance! Because …

David Walliams’ latest novel, BAD DAD, has just been crowned the CHRISTMAS UK NUMBER ONE!

That means it’s the bestselling book in the whole of the UK this Christmas.

That’s A LOT of books. The UK is a pretty big place.

That’s a lot of people reading about fast-paced car chases, evil villains, and Frank and his dad.

That’s a lot of people being introduced to Fingers and Thumbs, Mr Big and Auntie Flip.

Thanks to everyone who has bought BAD DAD, read BAD DAD and told your friends about BAD DAD!

Grab your party hats. Grab your friends. Let’s celebrate!

David Walliams Facebook Live

If you weren’t able to attend David Walliams’ recent event in Manchester and see him live on stage, don’t worry! You can still catch up with all the action here! We streamed the David Walliams event using Facebook Live at the time, but you can catch up with the recording now, too.

In the theatre, David answered questions from the audience, read from Bad Dad and The World’s Worst Children, and talked about brand new book ideas!

Watch the recording below – if you were in the audience, can you spot yourself?!