Blob

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It was a major bonus that it was centered around a zoo too, which of course I loved, but with that setting, Walliams was also able to get the message out of not being cruel to animals (as well as each other), and the power of breaking down bullying was a strong theme. Roald Dahl is amazing, legend, one of a kind but David's books are genuinely good, kind, honest and most importantly wise.

I love books with animals anyway (I prefer the company of animals to people) and so it was nice to see some of the more unuusual, not oft-mentioned animals on display here (or at least I haven't read many books that actually mention such things as aye-ayes and pangolins and snapping turtles among others. Bob is a good character who just loves animals and it's the animals that help him to get revenge on said bullies. This book was written for World Book Day 2017 and is by one of my favourite authors - David Walliams. David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and on the blockbuster collections, The World’s Worst Children 1, 2 and 3. I can't say I'm as keen as they were but then I'm not the target audience and just comparing it to other children's stories that I've read them.Blob' is short and sweet and has the same sort of charm that Dahl's children books have, with well carved and ridiculous characters. except maybe the introduction--Mr Willybum :P Mostly it's just making you smile or chuck instead of laugh out loud.

Bob found out some animals at the zoo are unique and not alike and they have no one to visit them but others bully them too so bob made these animals be proud of who they are by accepting what they have. The zookeeper and Winston helps bob by pulling a prank/revenge scheme on the bullies who bully Bob which makes them leave him alone. The twist is that it's presented from not only a little boy's perspective but also those of some animals SOME people might consider "ugly.He gets bullied by the Stubbs and most of his classmates make fun of him because he has a big nose - he looks different than the others.