Little Monsters: A funny illustrated children’s picture book from number-one bestselling author David Walliams – perfect for Halloween!

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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. 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. When the big monsters at the school make fun of Furball, Howler the little werewolf, comes to the rescue. Together, can they prove that little monsters RULE?

Little Monsters by David Walliams, Adam Stower | Waterstones

Howl with laughter and squeal with delight at this monstrously exciting new picture book from number one bestselling author David Walliams, illustrated by the awesome Adam Stower! 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. October, 2023 The Blunders is Adam Stower and David Walliams silliest and funniest collaboration yet! HarperCollins Children’s Books Executive Publisher, Ann-Janine Murtagh said, “We are excited to welcome Adam Stower to the list in his debut as an illustrator for David. Adam’s fresh and playful style is the perfect partner to David’s glorious storytelling. Little Monsters guarantees much needed family fun and laughter this Halloween, and will be the perfect gift for the season and beyond.”

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. As a brand, The World of David Walliams continues to grow: export sales have increased by 77% year on year with growth in every single market and David’s books are published in over 49 languages.

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We are delighted to announce the publication of a new picture book from Britain’s bestselling children’s author, David Walliams. LITTLE MONSTERS introduces our very own illustrator – Adam Stower– to the Walliam’s picture-book portfolio, joining legendary illustrators Sir Quentin Blake and Tony Ross. Little Monsters is the seventh picture book by David Walliams. His stories for the very young have collectively sold over 1.1 million copies in the UK and have sold in over 20 territories around the globe.Biography: David Walliams has revolutionised reading for children and become one of the most influential children's writers today. Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 32 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages. 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. In Little Monsters Rule, Furball is an adorably loveable little yeti attending his first day at Monster School. He can’t wait to learn how to be scary, but it’s hard when you look like a cuddly toy!

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LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. David Walliams said, “I hope this book will be the perfect treat for little ones this Halloween and beyond.” Furball is a loveable little yeti on his first day at Monster School. He can’t wait to learn how to be scary, but it’s hard when you look like a cuddly toy. When the big monsters at the school make fun of Furball, Howler the little werewolf comes to the rescue. But when Howler finds some new friends, he discovers that being the ODD one out might just make him the COOLEST one of all... But when Howler finds some new friends, he discovers that being the odd one out might just make him the coolest one of all.

Howler is a small werewolf with a big problem. He just isn't scary and that makes him the odd one out at monster school. This is the first picture book collaboration with bestselling author David Walliams, just a small selection of the wonderful artworks by Adam.