# The Bad Book > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Bad_Book > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Bad_Book.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Book > Source revision: 1333636635 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Collected stories by Andy Griffiths The Bad Book First edition Author Andy Griffiths Illustrator Terry Denton Language English Genre Children's Publisher Pan Macmillan Publication date 2004 Publication place Australia Media type Print (paperback) Pages 172 pp (paperback edition) ISBN 978-0-330-36425-6 (paperback edition) OCLC 156029078 Followed by The Very Bad Book ***The Bad Book*** is a 2004 book by [Andy Griffiths](/source/Andy_Griffiths_(author)), who wrote the novel *[The Day My Bum Went Psycho](/source/The_Day_My_Bum_Went_Psycho)*, with [Terry Denton](/source/Terry_Denton), who also did the illustrations. It is a compilation of stories, drawings, rhymes and poems about such quirky characters like 'Bad Baby', and 'Bad Daddy' doing such bad things like miss-throwing knives, and blowing up objects and people at [Christmas](/source/Christmas). It was followed by *The Very Bad Book* (2010) and *The Super Bad Book* (2011) ## Stories (in chronological order) *The Bad Book* contains forty-five stories overall. - Bad [Jack Horner](/source/Little_Jack_Horner) - [Nursery Rhyme](/source/Nursery_Rhyme) - Bad [Humpty Dumpty](/source/Humpty_Dumpty) - Nursery Rhyme - Bad [Diddle Diddle](/source/Hey_Diddle_Diddle) - Nursery Rhyme - The Bad Ant - Story - Joan Purst - [Limerick](/source/Limerick_(poetry)) - Greedy Little Grace - Poem - Bad Daddy and the Big Swing - [Cartoon](/source/Cartoon) - Badtown - Story - The Old Lady who swallowed a Poo - Song - The Girl Who Slammed Doors - Limerick - Bad Riddles - Jokes - The Sad Bad Bad-man - Story - Little Willy - Poem - Jeff Pest - Limerick - Bad Mummy And The Very Busy Six-Lane Hig-way - Cartoon - Penny McRose - Poem - Bad Terence - Poem - Bad Baby - Cartoon - Silly Billy - Poem - Very Bad Riddles - Jokes - The Bad Little Boy, His Father and the Very Tall Mountain - Story - Bad Little Betty - Poem - Bad Daddy Says 'No' - Cartoon - Little Snotty Steve - Poem - Bad Baby's Christmas - Cartoon - Ruth Punny - Limerick - Pirates, Trucks, Bombs, Sharks, Dinosaurs and Football - Story - The Bad Knife-Thrower - Cartoon - The Girl Who Asks Too Many Questions - Story - Pete Pedderson - Limerick - Bad Mummy and the Big Cliff - Cartoon - The Bad Old Duke of York - Story - The Bad Granny - Story - Little Bad Riding Hood - Story - Peter, Peter Junk-food Eater - Poem - The Bad Builder - Story - Ed & Ted and Ted's Bad Dog Fred - Story (Similar writing in [The Cat On The Mat Is Flat](/source/The_Cat_On_The_Mat_Is_Flat)) - Very, Very Bad Riddles - Jokes - If You're Bad and You Know it - Song - The Day Nothing Bad Happened - Story - Bad Mummy and the Very Hungry Lion - Cartoon - Very, Very, Very Bad Riddles - Jokes - Bad Baby at the Circus - Cartoon - Badword Puzzle - Puzzle - The Very Bad Story - Story - The Very, Very Bad Story - Story - The Very, Very, Very Bad Story - Story ## Awards In 2005 *The Bad Book* was awarded the [BILBY Award](/source/BILBY_Award) for Younger Readers.[1] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Previous Winners of the BILBY Awards: 2001 to date"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151119061148/http://www.cbcaqld.org/uploads/2/6/2/2/26224528/previous_bilby_to_2014.pdf) (PDF). *www.cbcaqld.org*. The Children's Book Council of Australia Queensland Branch. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015. - [Children's literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature) v t e Works by Andy Griffiths Short story collections Bad books The Bad Book (2004) The Very Bad Book (2010) The Super Bad Book (TBA) Bum trilogy The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001) Zombie Bums from Uranus (2003) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict (2005) Cat 'n' Cow series The Cat on the Mat Is Flat (2006) The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow! (2008) Just! series Just Tricking! (1997) Just Annoying! (1998) Just Stupid! (1999) Just Three for Free! (2000) Just Crazy! (2000) Just Disgusting! (2002) Just Shocking! (2007) Just Macbeth! (July 2009) Just Doomed! (April 2012) Miscellaneous Killer Koalas from Outer Space (2011) Novels Schooling Around series Treasure Fever! (2008) Pencil of Doom! (2008) Mascot Madness! (2009) Robot Riot! (2009) The Treehouse series The 13-Storey Treehouse (2011) The 26-Storey Treehouse (2012) The 39-Storey Treehouse (2013) The 52-Storey Treehouse (2014) The 65-Storey Treehouse (2015) The 78-Storey Treehouse (2016) The 91-Storey Treehouse (2017) The 104-Storey Treehouse (2018) The 117-Storey Treehouse (2019) The 130-Storey Treehouse (2020) The 143-Storey Treehouse (2021) Miscellaneous Fast Food and No Play Make Jack a Fat Boy (2006) What Bumosaur Is That? (2007) What Body Part is That? (2011) Stinky Stories Plays Just Macbeth! (2007) v t e Books I Love Best Yearly: Younger Readers Award Matilda by Roald Dahl (1990) The BFG by Roald Dahl (1991) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1992) Blabber Mouth by Morris Gleitzman (1993) Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl (1994) The Pagemaster by David Kirschner (1995) When the Wind Changed by Ruth Park (1996) Matilda by Roald Dahl (1997) Polar the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedder (1998) Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase by Bruce Whatley and R. Smith (1999) Just Stupid! by Andy Griffiths (2000) Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (2001) Just Crazy! by Andy Griffiths (2002) The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant (2003) Just Disgusting! by Andy Griffiths (2004) The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths (2005) Just Crazy! by Andy Griffiths (2006) v t e Canberra's Own Outstanding List: Fiction for Older Readers Award 1991-1999 People Might Hear You by Robin Klein (1991) Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein (1992) Del-Del by Victor Kelleher (1993) Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (1994) Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1995) So Much to Tell You by John Marsden (1995) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1996) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1997) The Dead of the Night by John Marsden (1998) The Third Day, The Frost by John Marsden (1999) 2000-2009 The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden (2000) Just Disgusting! by Andy Griffiths (2003) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2004) The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths (2005) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict by Andy Griffiths (2006) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2007) Spookiest Stories by Paul Jennings (2008) Give Peas a Chance by Morris Gleitzman (2009) 2010-present The Battle of Rondo by Emily Rodda (2010) Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan (2011) Picture Book Award (1993-present) Fiction for Younger Readers Award (1991-present) Authority control databases Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Bad Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Book) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Book?action=history)). 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