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The Boy in the Dress: Now a Major Musical by [David Walliams, Quentin Blake]

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The sparkling debut children’s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.

Illustrated by Quentin Blake and brilliantly written by David Walliams, The Boy in the Dress is full of the sharp humour and vivid characters you would expect from the co-creator and co-star of Little Britain.

It is also a timeless and hilarious fable about what happens when an ordinary boy does something extraordinary – and the way that people, even the petty and cruel, can surprise you in the end. Quentin's illustrious black and white drawings are interspersed throughout, forming a perfect accompaniment to this funny and touching story.

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9 years and up
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241 pages
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English
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HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
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25 June 2009
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978-0007279036
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002RTINA6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks; UK Edition (25 June 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8498 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 241 pages

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The Boy in the Dress

Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2018

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This is a heartwarming and uplifting story for all ages! In this story Dennis,the main character, was very brave to think that not just boys can wear dresses (hents the title the boy in the dress!) He proved strength, courage and love for anything can take you a long way. Dennis just wanted to make the world feel different at home and at school. Something to make him feel different…

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The Boy in the Dress!

Reviewed in Australia on 23 May 2018

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I read it once before but didn't really understand it or found it interesting. I then read it again and found it amazing. The storyline is great and I agree that boys clothes should be more like girls! I give 5 stars as it is funny,heartwarming and imaginative. The only thing bad is that (if you dont want spoilers dont read ths bit) that while the boys dressed up as a girl another girl starts like liking him. But other wise an amazing story!

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Jenny M

My grandson loved it!

Reviewed in Australia on 4 October 2020

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He started reading it the moment it arrived and loves it.

Reviewed in Australia on 18 April 2017

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This is a gay story i do like though the illastrations otyer then that gay and innapropriate (sorry for bad spelling)

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Reviewed in Australia on 28 November 2014

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That was amazing I really like how he senses that he would like to be a girl also he loves colour and dresses the illustrations are really good and helped me to understand the book a lot more than I would with out the pictures

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Lily sleight

so good!!!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2016

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loved it so amaizing the concept is brilliant and rare it's great book for anyone 0 -100000 girl or boy!

Reviewed in Australia on 13 November 2015

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A book for young and old, boys and girls - charming, gentle and yet still modern

Reviewed in Australia on 21 March 2016

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Typical book, lots of made up word. Would like to see David Walliams. Good book like me but you can get

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Hmm.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2019

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It's galling that Walliams has had the success that he's had as a children's author due to his celebrity and the media train. My 6 year old is loving reading Mr Stink but I've read The Boy in the Dress without him. It's supposedly for ages 9+ and I recognise that the easy read, comic approach appeals to some reluctant readers but I'm not sure that a 12 year old protagonist is the right way ahead for a child who loves reading at half that age. The reference to porn mags, the Willy in the test tube, the "bunch of Woofters" comment might be funny but they're not 6 year old friendly. I'm absolutely fine with the cross dressing but not with lazy fat stereotypes and the only main girl character being all about looks (ok, she does save the day) and the while denouement involving blackmail and making someone feel humiliated and awkward about cross dressing. There are better writers out there.

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I Have My Mojo Back Now

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2020

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I had done twenty two years of teaching English in High Schools and FE colleges cross Yorkshire when I came to this book and to be blunt, had lost my Mojo when it comes to reading for fun. Seriously, reading was a chore up until I read this book and my joy for reading has returned once again, as well as my desire to write my own story, like this one, about a boy who loses his family and then reunites them all.

But to the boy in the dress and all that that is about.

I approached it like we all do. What was his first book? Was it any good? A fan of Dahl, especially when reading to my 7 and 6 year olds, who are now mid to late twenties and ancient like their Dad, is it worth my effort? Read some Amazon reviews, I thought. Some were positive. Others were concerned with fat jokes and the likes. I am 23 stone so thought stuff it, give it a go and buy this and the Buck House one.

I began this one first, for obvious reasons and had 80 pages done very quickly. It is a great and an easy read. The characters are equally good too, from Dennis who becomes Denise, to Hawtrey, who reminded me of me when at school, to the French teacher who wails and the Dad who puts the teacher in his place - memories of my Dad when a teacher who ran in the Olympics threatened my elder brother and Dad waded in etc - all of them are brilliant little characters. But for me, the one we call Raj, now that is a creation of genius. Where did Mr. Walliams get him from? Arkwright but in a Sikh? So funny, especially with the big reveal at the end with Mr. Hawtrey. That was unexpected, but had me laughing and coughing in glee. I am supposed to be recovering from this virus, but the laughing hurt.

I am not going to tell the story. I am sure you all know it by now, but safe to say that I have now begun reading the Buck House one and am loving reading all over again. For that, I thank Mr. Walliams and his ability to spin a yarn about a lonely young lad who misses his Mum, who is in love with the girl of his dreams and finds himself with her, if only in a way he could never expect.

Yes, I looked for the fat jokes, but Mac only reminded me of a lad I used to teach, who was foulsome and horrid, so Mac was a blessing in a disguise. Dad was me, in a nutshell. Mess with my kid and you get told what I think. Lisa made me remember several thirteen year olds who wanted to be nineteen too quickly and Dennis just reminded me of that kid in every school who you see and try to help, because they drop below the radar of brilliance and/or excellence.

The thing I loved though, was the way he ended this one. Two brothers, arms in arms, one protecting the other, in brotherly love as they walk into an uncertain future of pure French Joan D'Arc; now that is pure class.

Buy it. Read it. Devour it. I do hope there is a film of this somewhere, because the scene with the French teacher wailing in the corridor is one I have to see. So darn funny.

A great book that has me reading again. Who knows, I might even be back in the classroom in September because of this. Thank you, David Walliams. Truly appreciated.

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Rachel

Good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2019

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I read the book before wrapping as a Christmas pressie and I actually, despite being 34, enjoyed it. All about a little boy who's Mum has left him and his brother. All he has is an old photo of her in a yellow dress. He likes to read Vogue magazine and knows he's a little different.
He meets a girl in school who's an aspiring fashion desighner who takes him, Dennis, under her wing and teaches him it's okay to be different and himself. He discovers he likes wearing dresses and make up. He develops a crush on the girl. Goes on to detail how he feels when he's caught wearing the dress and how hos Dad and headmaster treats him because of it. All ends well when his school friends and father embrace him.
A great book for any kid struggling with feeling different.

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Atlantis

Great story but some awkward bits for younger kids

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2020

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Great story which I thoroughly enjoyed but a few awkward conversations with my 9 year old daughter regarding why the dad would have a magazine with naked women in it and why the brothers might have stolen it. Wasn't ready for her to know about porn tbh

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Mrs M

My 10 y o now loves reading thanks to David Walliams!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2014

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My 10 yr old son could read adequately but I could never find any books that really made him want to read for pleasure, which was the only way he was really going to progress. Friends at school were reading Harry Potter etc and he was still struggling through easy Roald Dahl books and reading was a chore. Then I bought some David Walliams books for Christmas and the whole thing has changed. He absolutely loves them. Since Christmas he has nearly read them all (he has 1 and a bit more to go) which is unheard of for him, he would normally pretty much take a year to read so many books! Now he reads in bed, on the bus and even just at odd moments at home - David Walliams is brilliant. His books are funny, absorbing and relevant to modern children without being too "right on". I can't recommend them highly enough. The words and lines are well spaced on the pages which makes it easier for children to read them and there is heightened satisfaction for children who struggle with reading as they get through the chapters and fairly thick books really quickly and feel pleased with themselves as well as simply enjoying the books. The drawings are fun too. My six year old, who is a better reader than my elder son for his age, is probably not quite up to the standard required to read these books. He has nevertheless taken to reading them and can only benefit from it. I would recommend these books for any children as everyone loves them, parents struggling to find books to engage reluctant readers should definitely get one to try. Thank goodness for authors like this!

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