The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

Description

A fabulously entertaining and touching novella from David Baddiel, author of the bestselling THE PARENT AGENCY and THE PERSON CONTROLLER. Illustrated by the hugely talented Jim Field, winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Alfie has a routine. To be honest he has a lot of routines. But then one day Alfie's babysitter is unavailable, and Alfie's parents get Mrs Stokes instead. Mrs Stokes doesn't do routines. Instead, she just tells Alfie to do what he likes. And that's when things start to go weird. Does everything get hilariously out of control? Yes. Does Alfie learns a valuable lesson? Nah. This isn't that kind of story...

Reviews

Praise for The Parent Agency: "Funny, sometimes moving, always engaging" Guardian "I love this book because it really made me laugh! The best book I've read since I was born!" Tom, 11, LoveReading4Kids "Exciting and funny - I didn't want to put it down!" Daisy, 10, LoveReading4Kids

Author description

David Baddiel is an author and comedian. He has written and performed in a series of highly successful TV comedy shows, including The Mary Whitehouse Experience and Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned. His debut children's novel, The Parent Agency, was the bestselling 9-12 debut of 2014 and was hailed by the Guardian as 'funny, sometimes moving and always engaging.' David is a brilliant and original new voice in children's fiction. He lives in London.