The Bad Book

The Bad Book

Author	Andy Griffiths
Illustrator	Terry Denton
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Children's
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Publication date	2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	172 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 978-0-330-36425-6 (paperback edition)
OCLC	156029078
Followed by	The Very Bad Book

The Bad Book is a book by Andy Griffiths, who was responsible for the novel The Day My Bum Went Psycho, with Terry Denton, who also did the illustrations. It was released in the year 2004. It is a compilation of bad stories, drawings, rhymes and poems about such quirky characters like 'Bad Baby', and 'Bad Daddy' doing such bad things like miss-throwing knives, and blowing up objects and people at Christmas. It was followed by The Very Bad Book (2010) and The Super Bad Book (2011)

Stories (in chronological order)

The Bad Book contains forty-five stories overall.

Bad Jack Horner - Nursery Rhyme
Bad Humpty Dumpty - Nursery Rhyme
Bad Diddle Diddle - Nursery Rhyme
The Bad Ant - Story
Joan Purst - Limerick
Greedy Little Grace - Poem
Bad Daddy and the Big Swing - Cartoon
Badtown - Story
The Old Lady who swallowed a Poo - Song
The Girl Who Slammed Doors - Limerick
Bad Riddles - Jokes
The Sad Bad Bad-man - Story
Little Willy - Poem
Jeff Pest - Limerick
Bad Mummy And The Very Busy Six-Lane Hig-way - Cartoon
Penny McRose - Poem
Bad Terence - Poem
Bad Baby - Cartoon
Silly Billy - Poem
Very Bad Riddles - Jokes
The Bad Little Boy, His Father and the Very Tall Mountain - Story
Bad Little Betty - Poem
Bad Daddy Says 'No' - Cartoon
Little Snotty Steve - Poem
Bad Baby's Christmas - Cartoon
Ruth Punny - Limerick
Pirates, Trucks, Bombs, Sharks, Dinosaurs and Football - Story
The Bad Knife-Thrower - Cartoon
The Girl Who Asks Too Many Questions - Story
Pete Pedderson - Limerick
Bad Mummy and the Big Cliff - Cartoon
The Bad Old Duke of York - Story
The Bad Granny - Story
Little Bad Riding Hood - Story
Peter, Peter Junk-food Eater - Poem
The Bad Builder - Story
Ed & Ted and Ted's Bad Dog Fred - Story (Similar writing in The Cat On The Mat Is Flat)
Very, Very Bad Riddles - Jokes
If You're Bad and You Know it - Song
The Day Nothing Bad Happened - Story
Bad Mummy and the Very Hungry Lion - Cartoon
Very, Very, Very Bad Riddles - Jokes
Bad Baby at the Circus - Cartoon
Badword Puzzle - Puzzle
The Very Bad Story - Story
The Very, Very Bad Story - Story
The Very, Very, Very Bad Story - Story

Works by Andy Griffiths

Short story collections

Bad books	The Bad Book (2004) The Very Bad Book (2010) The Super Bad Book (TBA)

Bum trilogy	The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001) Zombie Bums from Uranus (2003) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict (2005)

Cat 'n' Cow series	The Cat on the Mat is Flat (2006) The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow! (2008)

Just! series	Just Tricking! (1997) Just Annoying! (1998) Just Stupid! (1999) Just Crazy! (2000) Just Disgusting! (2002) Just Shocking! (2007) Just Three for Free (2007) Just Macbeth! (July 2009) Just Doomed! (April 2012)

Miscellaneous	Killer Koalas from Outer Space (2011)

Novels

Schooling Around series	Treasure Fever! (2008) Pencil of Doom! (2008) Mascot Madness! (2009) Robot Riot! (2009)

The Treehouse series	The 13-Storey Treehouse (2011) The 26-Storey Treehouse (2012)

Miscellaneous	The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001) Zombie Bums from Uranus (2003) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict (2005) Fast Food and No Play Make Jack a Fat Boy (2006) What Bumosaur Is That? (2007) What Body Part is That? (2011) Stinky Stories

Plays

Just Macbeth! (2007)

Books I Love Best Yearly: Younger Readers Award

Matilda by Roald Dahl (1990)
The BFG by Roald Dahl (1991)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1992)
Blabber Mouth by Morris Gleitzman (1993)
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl (1994)
The Pagemaster by David Kirschner (1995)
When the Wind Changed by Ruth Park (1996)
Matilda by Roald Dahl (1997)
Polar the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedder (1998)
Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase by Bruce Whatley and R. Smith (1999)
Just Stupid! by Andy Griffiths (2000)
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (2001)
Just Crazy! by Andy Griffiths (2002)
The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant (2003)
Just Disgusting! by Andy Griffiths (2004)
The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths (2005)
Just Crazy! by Andy Griffiths (2006)

Canberra's Own Outstanding List: Fiction for Older Readers Award

1991-1999	People Might Hear You by Robin Klein (1991) Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein (1992) Del-Del by Victor Kelleher (1993) Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (1994) Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1995) So Much to Tell You by John Marsden (1995) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1996) Paw Thing by Paul Jennings (1997) The Dead of the Night by John Marsden (1998) The Third Day, the Frost by John Marsden (1999)

2000-2009	The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden (2000) Just Disgusting! by Andy Griffiths (2003) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2004) The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths (2005) Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict by Andy Griffiths (2006) Zombie Bums from Uranus by Andy Griffiths (2007) Spookiest Stories by Paul Jennings (2008) Give Peas a Chance by Morris Gleitzman (2009)

2010-present	The Battle of Rondo by Emily Rodda (2010) Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan (2011)

Picture Book Award (1993-present) Fiction for Younger Readers Award (1991-present)