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Bad Dad by David Walliams and Tony Ross

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By David Walliams and Tony Ross

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Read David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book, Bad Dad, a fast and furious adventure for boys and girls aged 7–12. Beautifully illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross.

Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads . . . A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big – and winning! This riches-to-rags story will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter! Bad Dad is a fast and furious, heart-warming story of a father and son on an adventure – and a thrilling mission to break an innocent man into prison!

Reviews

15 Jan 2026

MrsJisreadingabook

Fast paced book I liked the relationship between Frank and his Dad and message that all you need is love not money also the relationship between Aunt Flip and Judith the Vicar was good to see. I think this book would appeal to younger readers but Dyslexic readers may struggle with the change of fonts and I do think that Walliams relies on Onomatopoeias written in exciting fonts and in different places to fill out his books too much.

07 Dec 2025

This was sad in a way because the mum left the boy and his dad alone and they needed to survive.
But it was also funny.

16 Sep 2025

My favourite part was when the boy spent all of the dad’s money for the church roof and the dad said ‘mate!’ I would recommend the book to people who like to read and like funny and serious stuff.

11 Sep 2025

It wasn’t my type of book but I liked it it was a really good fiction b

10 Sep 2025

Although I enjoyed this David Walliams book, I possibly didnt feel as engaged with it as I have with others. I did enjoy the story though

04 Sep 2025

nice

01 Sep 2025

It was very emotional in some parts, it wasn't the best David Walliams book i have read but i still enjoyed it.

30 Aug 2025

I liked the book because it was really funny and i have read other books in the series.

30 Aug 2025

I loved this book because it was very funny

27 Aug 2025

I read this with my mum and my sisters at bed time and we all found it funny and full of love and surprises

26 Aug 2025

It was a bit scary at some points but it was also very thrilling. I would say the book is for 9- 14.

25 Aug 2025

I love David Walliams books !

24 Aug 2025

I found it very funny, especially his Aunts poetry!

21 Aug 2025

I really liked this book. My favourite part was when they robbed the well for the coins and my favourite character is Frank.

20 Aug 2025

I like this book because it shows supportive teamwork

14 Aug 2025

This book is very long, heartbreaking and lot's of twists and turns. My favourite chapter is mum with a gun. It wasn't the best though. I would prefer if BAD DAD did more bad things by himself. I recommend this book to 7-12 year olds

14 Aug 2025

This book is pretty long,heartbreaking and lot's of twi

13 Aug 2025

it was intresting how Gilbert lived with a wooden leg.

13 Aug 2025

loved this book - really enjoy reading David Walliams books.

10 Aug 2025

Bad dad is on the loose try and catch him bad dad is so bad but I like the story

07 Aug 2025

Emotional in some parts of the story AKA: the farther losing his leg in a car crash,farther and son being so poor that they haven't got a enough money to have all the stuff they need in the house or even make a cup of coffee

07 Aug 2025

i would reccommend this book.

06 Aug 2025

I enjoyed this book, when Frank's dad was in jail Franky found a way to help his father and the police let his father out.

02 Aug 2025

Really enjoyed it would definitely recommend

01 Aug 2025

It’s very nice because it starts as a calm dad who has quite a bit of money but they lose it over time. It’s very dramatic and lots of things happen! The Dad does bad things to help his son, which isn’t right but I still liked it. He does bad things to save his son from the evil people. He needs to try and stay away from the bad people his Dad knows

28 Jul 2025

It is a book where a dad comes in many great shapes

25 Jul 2025

My favourite part was when Mr Big was sent to jail.

20 Jul 2025

I loved it

12 Jul 2025

This was a fraction book and it wasn’t very good because it was mostly related to the toilet and they might be quite funny but it’s not my cup of tea.

24 Jun 2025

oh my god this book is the funniset in the david wallaims collecton i ve read

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