''The Bad Book'' is a 2004 book by
Andy Griffiths, who wrote the novel ''
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
''The Day My Bum Went Psycho'' is a novel for children by Australian author Andy Griffiths. "Bum" is a slang word used in many English-speaking countries for the buttocks; in North America the term "butt" is used instead, and the book is publ ...
'', with
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. 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.
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Jack Horner Jack Horner may refer to:
*''Little Jack Horner'', a nursery rhyme
People
* Jack Horner (baseball) (1863–1910), American professional baseball player
*Jack Horner (journalist) (1912–2005), Gordon John Horner, Minnesota sportscaster
* Jack B. H ...
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Nursery Rhyme
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Humpty Dumpty - Nursery Rhyme
*Bad
Diddle Diddle - Nursery Rhyme
*The Bad Ant - Story
*Joan Purst -
Limerick
*Greedy Little Grace - Poem
*Bad Daddy and the Big Swing -
Cartoon
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*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)
*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 for Younger Readers.
References
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2004 short story collections
Short story collections by Andy Griffiths
BILBY Award-winning works
COOL Award-winning works
Pan Books books