On their hands and knees under the kitchen table, Mr Meek whispered to his wife, “What are we to do? Our beloved offspring wants a ‘FING’. But I don’t think a ‘FING’ is a real thing. I worry a ‘FING’ is a made-up thing.” “We’ll have to think of SOMEFING – I mean, something,” replied Mrs Meek just before she felt a boot up her bottom. BOOF! “OUCH!” she cried. “SHUT UP DOWN THERE!” came the voice from above. “I can barely hear myself blow off!” “That’s better.” Mr and Mrs Meek were in a panic. If they didn’t come up with some “FING”, there was going to be TROUBLE. BIG TROUBLE. Poison dart frogs secrete a powerful poison through their skin – some contain enough to kill 10 people! This is another classic and funny children’s story by well known author David Walliams. Walliams has been said to be today’s Roald Dahl, and already has a host of other titles in his children’s series, including, The World’s Worst Children trilogy, as well as Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress which have been made into children’s films. He has many other titles and is a strong reading advocate for children’s literacy.

Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments BESTEST BETTER THAN BEST!” appealed Father. Once again, Myrtle reached into her lunchbox. “Oh dear,” muttered Father, closing his eyes as he was sure something was about to be lobbed in his direction. He was right.Walliams’ fun style of writing and quirky made-up names add to his books charm. David Walliams even have his own dictionary for these bizarre and wonderful words. His most recent fiction title, The World’s Worst Children, published on 19th May 2016 sold over 340,000 copies in the UK alone. It went straight to No. 1 on release where it stayed for 4 weeks and also concurred Children’s Books charts, where it stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks. Internationally sales continue to thrive, The World’s Worst Children also went straight to No. 1 in the Australian children’s chart and remained there for three consecutive weeks and reached the No. 1 in the overall book chart in New Zealand. Myrtle has almost everything in the world that a child would want, and more. However, this is still not enough. On her birthday she wants a ‘fing’, and Mr and Mrs Meek have to first find out what exactly a ‘fing’ is, and secondly poor Mr Meek has to go on a fearsome, long and tiring pursuit to get his ‘princess’, a ‘fing’. Ham slicer. Even though she hated ham. Ice skates made for an elephant. Four of them. Jar containing one of scientist Albert Einstein’s burps.*

Myrtle Meek ’ s parents give her everything she could possibly want, and will do anything to keep her happy. But when Myrtle declares she wants a Fing, there ’ s one big problem … What IS a Fing? ! While my son found this entertaining, and I did enjoy some moments (list of unusual creatures in the MONSTERPEDIA being one), it just didn't feel as though it had been created with much love or care as some of the author's others clearly were. Even Fing himself has no character - he's an eating/pooing being, no emotion besides a lot of 'grrrr'ing. So I didn't care for the girl, her parents, the pet - there's no 'enemy' or battle... it really is just a reject from World's Worst Children or one made longer. From the first, I had the feeling this was one of the WWC series, expanded. This was the first time my son has bought a Walliams' on day of publication, as he's such a fan of every other by the author (we've only missed out Awful Auntie). It's taken around 10 nights for me to read it to him, and he's enjoyed it.We would love to see you enjoying the resources on social media using #Fing and tagging HarperCollinsCh and readingagency. We spotted our beloved Raj twice (once as a graphic on a bus, and once Walliams shoehorns him in, even saying he's done it to place the beloved newsagent in the story). Always a highlight, but certainly not enough to help raise this up from 'meh' rating to the bestselling status it will instantly earn without the merit of Walliams' previous heartfelt and genuinely funny inventions. zebra dung. It was the only thing she could think of that began with a “z”. One thing Myrtle didn’t have any of was books. Despite her parents being librarians, she DETESTED books and thought they were B-O-O-O-R-R-R-I- I-I-N-N-N-G-G-G!* The girl had all this stuff, a universe of junk, but still she wanted something more. The funny thing was that she just didn’t know what. As well as being a No.1 best-selling Children’s author, David Walliams is one of Britain's most popular writers and comic actors. Chapter 15: Trap! Chapter 16: Suspicious Droppings Chapter 17: Wiggled, Waggled and Woggled Chapter 18: Double Trouble Chapter 19: Flying Sausage Chapter 20: Furry Finger-Warmer Chapter 21: Hot-Air Fing-Ing Chapter 22: Beard Down to his Belly Button Part 4: Big Fing and Little Fing Chapter 23: How We Laughed Chapter 24: Being British Chapter 25: Wart Chapter 26: A Volcanic Explosion of Tears, Snot and Dribble Chapter 27: Custard-Cream-Induced Frenzy Chapter 28: Gobble! Chapter 29: Big Fing, Meet Little Fing Part 5: Kaboom! Chapter 30: Instant Replay Chapter 31: Pong Chapter 32: Fizzling Fur Chapter 33: Nightmare Chapter 34: Escaped Burp Chapter 35: Behind You Chapter 36: A Ginormous Boot Up the Bottom Chapter 37: Silence Epilogue Footnotes More from the World of David Walliams Also by David Walliams About the Publisher

Myrthe is een verwend kind. Een echt monster. Ze behandelt haar ouders als vuil, scheldt ze uit, en eist alleen maar meer en meer. Op een dag weet ze niet meer wat ze nog kan vragen, ze heeft alles al. En dus eist ze een DINGES, en wel zo snel mogelijk. Haar ouders, meneer en Mevrouw Mak, weten niet wat een dinges is. Gelukkig werken ze in de bibliotheek en daar staat het dinges in een boek: de Monsterpedie. Een dinges is het meest destructieve en slechtste huisdier ter wereld. Toch gaat Papa Mak het oerwoud in om een dinges te vangen. Onderweg komt hij allerlei akelige monsters tegen. Elf. Finger puppets of every king and queen of England from 1066 to the present day. Gravel collection. It was the biggest in Europe.

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So this review is not from his perspective - an 8 year old will love this: bum/poo jokes, lots of noises and silly creatures, things being destroyed, lists. It's also half the length of most of Walliams' recent novels, but still with regular Tony Ross sketches, so does speed along. No, it's great for the target market. As well as his Children’s fiction, David has also published four number one bestselling picture books, his latest, The Bear Who went Boo! was published in November 2015 and has had total sales of over 85,000 to date. The Queen’s Orang-utan, David’s third picture book was written exclusively for Comic Relief with David giving all of his proceeds from the book to the charity. And Mr and Mrs Meek themselves are spineless simpering cliches, calling each other 'Mother' and 'Father'. There's nothing to them and they don't grow or do anything of note throughout the entire book.

This follows on from the success of Grandpa’s Great Escape, Awful Auntie, Demon Dentist, Ratburger and Gangsta Granny. All went straight to Children’s number one on release with Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy selling over a million copies to date. The most embarrassing moment of her life was when she once sneezed on a bus, and everybody turned round and looked. It will not surprise you to learn that she is also a librarian. Meredith met Maurice at the LIBRARY. They were both so painfully shy that they never spoke a word to each other for the first ten years of working there. Eventually, across the poetry aisle, Maurice and Meredith fell in love. Some years later, they were married, and some years after that they had a baby girl. Little Britain’, which he co-created with Matt Lucas, started on Radio 4 and soon progressed to BBC1. The show has won numerous international awards including three BAFTAs, and now plays in over 100 countries. ‘Little Britain Live’ performed to a million people in the UK, Ireland and Australia. David and Matt followed ‘Little Britain’ with the hugely popular spoof airport documentary series 'Come Fly With Me'.Stretchable jaws allow the green anaconda snake to swallow its prey whole, no matter the size. It eats wild pigs, deer and even jaguars. David Walliams is fast becoming a global phenomenon in the world of children’s literature – his ability to wow fans is unprecedented with global sales over 14.1 million.