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The Boy in the Dress

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The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, and Quentin Blake

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By David Walliams, and and, 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, with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books.

Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book… Charming, surprising and hilarious – The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams’s beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.

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30 Aug 2023

A good book about a differnt boy

10 Aug 2023

very sad and engaging

09 Aug 2022

It was good

30 Jul 2022

This story is all about a twelve year old boy called Dennis who feels very different inside compared to his classmates. With a little bit of help from his friends, he finds out that being different can be a whole lot of fun! I particularly liked the humour and positivity of this story even when dealing with unhappy themes. A touching story about friendship.

20 Jul 2022

It was amazing. I loved how Denis had the courage to stand up for himself. My favourite character is Raij because he is so funny with making strange offers. This book is great and I would recommend it to people who love to be different!

31 Jul 2021

It was super funny.
My favroute character was the boy.
I would recommened it.

08 Jul 2021

The boy in the dress by David Walliams illustrated by Quentin Blake

I liked Dennis because he dressed up in a pink, wavy dress while he was playing football. All of his team done it as well.

I would recommend it 7+

Bye

03 Jul 2021

I really enjoyed this book. I particularly liked Raj, the confectionery shop owner. He was really funny and sometimes confusing. This is a book all about genders and how you can wear anything you like. I would recommend this book to anyone who is different because that’s okay.

27 Jan 2021

I recommend this to anyone who likes dresses.

01 Sep 2020

I gave it three out of five because it's NOT as imaginative as I expected!!!

18 Aug 2020

I liked dennis

20 Jul 2020

A good book. Second time I've read it.

16 Jul 2020

Good

05 Jun 2020

it is funny when Dennis wants to wear a dress to school as Lisa's exchange stuudent from france. but the cover backfires when the make up goes bad. he gets expelled.

13 Jan 2019

i cried when the mum left home and it was fairly good.Recommended

12 Aug 2017

it has a happy ending and is hilariously funny charming,funny THE TIMES

03 Aug 2017

because its funny when the boy gets in a dress

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