Big bad laughs from the daddy of chuckles. A fast, furious riches-to-rags story – daft, cheeky and totally heartwarming! Dads come in all shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones. Tall ones and short ones. Silly ones and serious ones. And, of course, there are good dads and BAD dads. Bad dads – like Frank’s dad! He’s been thrown into jail for driving the getaway car in a bank robbery. But Frank knows his dad’s not really bad. Frank needs to break him out of prison. If they can put the stolen money back, maybe things will be okay. But will evil crime boss Mr Big ruin Frank’s plan?

The brand-new delight from the reigning king of funny

Like a modern-day Danny the Champion of the World

High-speed cops and robbers tale full of heart and soul

Witty story of fathers, sons and doing the right thing

Product Details

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780008164652

Publisher

HarperCollins Children's Books

Date published

May 4th, 2017

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.2; Middle years; 6.0 points

Other details

464 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

David Walliams

David Walliams is a comedian, writer and actor and is best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the hugely popular sketch show Little Britain, and as a star judge on Britain’s Got Talent.

David is also well known for his charitable work for Sports Relief, part of Comic Relief. He took up swimming in his youth because he was overweight, and has subsequently completed long distance swims of the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the River Thames, raising millions of pounds for charity!

In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake. He has gone on to take the children’s literary world by storm, dominating sales charts and twice winning the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. His books have now been translated into 40+ languages, and also include picture books illustrated by Tony Ross.

Tony Ross

Multi-award-winning Tony Ross has become one of the best-known creators of original and traditional picture books and his work has been published all over the world. As well as his own books, he has illustrated books for authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin.