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y separately published work icon The Bad Book selected work   prose   children's fiction   children's   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 The Bad Book
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'Warning! This book contains nothing but bad stories, bad illustrations, bad poems, bad cartoons and bad riddles and is about bad characters doing bad things. It is a very, very, very, very bad book. Ages 8+' 

 (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Includes cartoons and riddles in addition to stories and poems.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Pan , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bad Jack Horner, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Humpty Dumpty, Andy Griffiths , single work children's fiction
Bad Diddle Diddle, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
The Bad Ant, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Joan Purst, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Greedy Little Grace, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Daddy and the Big Swing, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Badtown, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Poo, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
The Girl Who Slammed Doors, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Riddles, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
The Sad Bad Bad, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Man, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Little Willy, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Jeff Pest, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Mummy and the Very Busy Six, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Lane Highway, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Penny McRose, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Terence, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
Bad Baby, Andy Griffiths , single work prose
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 2004 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 180p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: September 2004
      ISBN: 0330365002
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Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
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Related Works

y separately published work icon The Very Bad Book Andy Griffiths , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2010 Z1727209 2010 selected work children's fiction poetry children's humour 'In a very bad wood,
There was a very bad house.
And in that very bad house,
There was a very bad room.
And in that very bad room,
There was a very bad cupboard.
And in that very bad cupboard,
There was a very bad shelf.
And on that very bad shelf,
There was a very bad box.
And in that very bad box,
There was a VERY BAD BOOK...
AND THIS IS IT!!!' (From the publisher's website.)
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Works about this Work

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton Are Putting the 'Anarchy' Back into Childhood Annika Blau , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2018;

'Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton spoke to ABC's Dave May and Richard Mockler for Throwback, a new series that revisits the creators, authors and entertainers who shaped Australia's childhood.'
Macbeth: The Comedy Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2008; (p. 7)
Bum Steers into Bottom Lines of Success Christopher Bantick , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 November 2005; (p. 17)
[Review] The Bad Book Barbara Dobson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
[Review] The Bad Book Lili Wilkinson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , October no. 3 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
For Kids Dianne Dempsey , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 September 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
[Review] The Bad Book 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 24 no. 7 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
[Review] The Bad Book Fran Knight , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 19 no. 5 2004; (p. 34-35)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
[Review] The Bad Book Barbara Dobson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 49 no. 1 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
[Review] The Bad Book Lili Wilkinson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , October no. 3 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of The Bad Book Andy Griffiths , 2004 selected work prose children's fiction
Not Such a Bad Book, and One for All Ages Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 September 2004; (p. 20)
Bad Book Just Not Good Enough Malcolm Knox , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 September 2004; (p. 1)
— Appears in: The Age , 25 September 2004; (p. 2)
Kids' Author in the Bad Books James Hall , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 September 2004; (p. 3)
They're Crude, Rude, Lewd and a Magnet for Kids Richard Finnila , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 October 2004; (p. 59)
Book Ban Bad News Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 October 2004; (p. 31)
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