The Very Bad Book

{{Short description|Book by Andy Griffiths}} {{Infobox book | name = The Very Bad Book | image = The Very Bad Book.jpg | author = [[Andy Griffiths (author)|Andy Griffiths]] | illustrator = [[Terry Denton]] | country = Australia | language = English | genre = | publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan Australia]] | pub_date = 31 August 2010 | pages = 174 | isbn = 978-0-330-42565-0 | preceded_by = [[The Bad Book]] | followed_by = The Super Bad Book<br/>(expected in 2011) }}

'''''The Very Bad Book''''' is a 2010 book of [[short story|short stories]] for [[children's literature|children]] written by [[Andy Griffiths (author)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://andygriffiths.com.au/news/2010/08/the-very-bad-book-the-very-bad-trailer/ |title=Andy Griffiths: News and Events |accessdate=15 September 2010}}</ref>

==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",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2010/09/13/very-bad-book-actually-very-good-rep/|title=Very Bad book actually very good|date=13 September 2010|first=Kylie|last=Triggell|work=The Reporter|location=[[Logan, Victoria]], Australia}}</ref> 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.

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==External links== * [http://andygriffiths.com.au Author's website] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=s2VCbwAACAAJ&q=Griffiths+%22The+Very+Bad+Book%22 ''The Very Bad Book''] at [[Google Books]]

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