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The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' best seller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand-new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone's favourite children's author. If you thought you had heard about the world's worst children already, you're in for a rather nasty shock. The beastly boys and gruesome girls in this book are even ruder, even more disgusting and WORSE than you could ever imagine!

Millions of young listeners have loved the World's Worst Children tales. Now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: The World's Worst Teachers. Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These 10 tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster. Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is always furious and she's on a detention rampage.

The hotly anticipated next novel from number-one best-selling author David Walliams, with audio hilariously read by the author himself! Jack's Grandpa wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves up Spam à la Custard for dinner, and often doesn't remember Jack's name. But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day.

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for...the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning.... When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward.... But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!

David Walliams burst on to the American scene with his New York Times best seller Demon Dentist, and now he’s bringing his signature humor to this raucous tale of prison breaks and heists gone wrong in Bad Dad. Frank’s dad was a champion hot-rod racer, Gilbert the Great. But when a terrible accident sees him go from hero to zero, Frank and Gilbert are left with nothing - and in the grips of a wicked crime boss and his henchmen. After Gilbert is thrown in prison, only Frank can come to his rescue....

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest 12-year-old in the land. But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds...and not a single friend. But then someone comes along, someone who likes Joe for Joe, not for his money. The problem is, Joe's about to learn that when money is involved, nothing is what it seems.

From the phenomenal number-one best seller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children! Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your bookshelf, 10 more horrendously hilarious stories about the absolute worst children ever! From 10-year-old Hank and his endless pranks on his poor, long-suffering family to Tandy and her titanic tantrums, this brand-new collection is the perfect companion to World's Worst Children books 1 and 2 and an ideal gift for the worst children in your life! 

Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery - mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title.... 

Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there’s only one problem.... What is a FING? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. But will they ever find a FING?

When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she’s determined to discover more.... A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature and sparks the adventure of a lifetime - from London to the heart of the Arctic! Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes in David Walliams’ biggest and most epic adventure yet!  

The new jaw-achingly funny novel from David Walliams, the number-one best-selling author! Make your appointment if you dare…. Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it…? Listen to this book and find out!

Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well.... Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she’s never spoken to him - which isn’t surprising, because he’s a tramp and he stinks. But there’s more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or nose), and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed.

National Book Awards Audiobook of the Year 2014. From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure. Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky - weapon up her sleeve....

Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue might be in the title of this audiobook.... Charming, surprising and hilarious - David Walliams' beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike. Now David teams up with Matt Lucas to produce an audiobook with a difference. Read by two of the brightest stars in sketch comedy, this lavish production brings the hilarious voices behind Little Britain to your nearest earphones.

Weil seine fanatischen Eltern eine TV-Tanzshow live im Publikum miterleben müssen, wird Ben jedes Wochenende bei seiner Großmutter abgeladen. Doch die riecht nach Kohl, macht einen mit Scrabble-Spielen wahnsinnig und ist überhaupt alles andere als kurzweilig. Bis Ben eines Tages in einer ihrer Keksdosen Juwelen findet und hinter das ungewöhnliche Hobby der rüstigen Rentnerin kommt. Und weil Klauen im Rollstuhl-Scooter ein Erlebnis ist, geht Ben kurzerhand mit auf Beutezug.

Number one best-selling author David Walliams presents this explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 and up. Hilariously read by the author himself. Warning: very silly sound-effects included! Two big hippos. One enormous dream. Who can make it to the moon first? 3...2...1....BLAST OFF! Introducing a wonderfully charming and funny new picture book from two superstars!

Svět je plný dětí tak hrozných, že na ně jedna audiokniha rozhodně nestačí. Tihle vejlupci jsou ještě mnohem horšejší než tlupa, kterou vám představil první díl. Tak třeba proti Hubertovi je Otesánek hadr. A Stáza nebo Simon tolik touží po slávě a vítězství, že se neštítí ničeho! Věřili byste, že někdo může být tak nemilosrdný, aby chtěl trápit roztomilá koťátka? A co kdyby na vás někdo nachystal vanu plnou slimáků, žížal, pavouků, housenek a švábů? Tahle banda odporníků zkrátka skutečně stojí za to!

Pro Franka je jeho táta hrdina. Je to totiž úspěšný automobilový závodník! Stačila ovšem jedna nehoda a z táty hrdiny je najednou táta bez nohy, bez zaměstnání, bez peněz a bez vyhlídek na lepší budoucnost. Zoufalé časy si žádají zoufalá opatření, a tak se Frankův táta zaplete s místními gangstery a pomůže jim vykrást banku. Jsou však dopadeni při činu, táta je odsouzen a putuje do vězení. Z nejlepšího táty je najednou ten nejhorší táta na světě. Frank je ale přesvědčen o jeho nevině a už spřádá dokonalý plán, jak z toho všeho ven...

Seznamte se s pěti příšernými kluky a pěti hroznými holkami! Třeba s Žofkou, která stojí jen o jedno: válet se celý den na pohovce a koukat na telku. Není divu, že se jí stane ta hrozná věc, o níž se tu snad ani nebudeme zmiňovat! Nebo se Samem, který slintá tak moc, že se na školním výletě dostane do strašného průšvihu! A nezapomeňte ani na Brečivou Bertu, ubulenou holku, která si příšerně vymýšlí! Svými superschopnostmi vás omráčí i Všivák Véna, Špindíra Štěpka či Dlouban Dan.

Joe je boháč, přesněji řečeno nejbohatší dvanáctiletý kluk v celé Británii. Má všechno, nač si vzpomene: vůz formule 1, kino, pět set párů sportovních bot, orangutana jako sluhu. A přece mu něco důležitého chybí: kamarád. Poprosí proto tátu, aby směl chodit do docela obyčejné školy, inkognito! Jak se ale před spolužáky tvářit, že jste kluk jako každý druhý, když dostáváte 100 000 liber kapesného měsíčně?