So, I thought I’m going to write him something cooler than this. Predominately I have got two sons and they are 14 and 16 now but when they were young, when they were six and eight my six-year-old had a series of unforgivably boring books sent home with him from school those sort of readers, the early readers they send kids home with and some of them were just so boring that they would make him cry and I thought you know what I just I could see every night I could see his will to read draining from him. So where did the original idea for a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations even come from?Īaron Blabey: It came from a couple of things. Aaron' s books have won many awards, including nine REAL Awards, an INDIE Book Award for Children' s Book of the Year, a Children' s Book Council of Australia - Book of the Year Award, a NSW Premiers Literary Award for Children' s Literature, two Australian Book Design Awards, and a Children' s Peace Literature Award.Bianca Schulze: All right. In 2018, it was announced that a movie adaptation of The Bad Guys is in development at DreamWorks Animation with Aaron serving as an executive producer on the project. He is the creator of three hugely successful series for children - he New York Times bestselling The Bad Guys (Les méchants), Pig the Pug (Carlos le carlin), and Thelma the Unicorn (Thelma la licorne). School Library Journal, starred reviewĪARON BLABEY has written many well-loved, bestselling books for children. * Guaranteed to be a hit for chapter book readers looking for humor and action. We challenge anyone to read this and keep a straight face.

* This book instantly joins the classic ranks of Captain Underpants and The Stinky Cheese Man. whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.Ĭoming soon, the next installment in the sidesplitting chapter book series! They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds. Hilarious! - Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man

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