The Very Bad Book

The Very Bad Book is a 2010 book of short stories for children written by Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton. The Very Bad Book is the sequel to Griffiths and Denton's "The Bad Book" published in 2004. Griffiths has announced plans to release a third title in the series, The Super Bad Book, in 2011.[1]

The Very Bad Book
AuthorAndy Griffiths
IllustratorTerry Denton
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPan Macmillan Australia
Publication date
31 August 2010
Pages174
ISBN978-0-330-42565-0
Preceded byThe Bad Book 
Followed byThe Super Bad Book
(expected in 2011) 

Synopsis

Much like its predecessor, The Bad Book, which turned standard children's fairy tales and nursery rhymes on their head by rewriting them as the "bad" version, this book contains a number of tales that are "very bad". The characters are very bad, the illustrations are very bad, and the poems and jokes are all very bad, all with the aim of delighting the children (and their parents) who will read this book. There are 51 stories, poems, jokes, etc. in all.

Reception

The Logan Reporter called The Very Bad Book "... actually very good",[2] noting that the trepidation some parents might feel at introducing their children to such bad characters is unfounded as the book makes clear through its absurdity that these characters are bad and not to be emulated.

gollark: Also, does the "totally ordered" bit matter at all? Complex numbers *aren't* totally ordered, right?
gollark: You should probably mention some *specific* contradictions.
gollark: According to a random website, zero division causes this problem.
gollark: I think you can use it to get 1=0 and such easily enough, hold on.
gollark: *Are* there many careers in theoretical physics outside of just academic research?

References
  1. "Andy Griffiths: News and Events". Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. Triggell, Kylie (13 September 2010). "Very Bad book actually very good". The Reporter. Logan, Victoria, Australia.
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