Code Name Bananas: The hilarious and epic children’s book from multi-million bestselling author David Walliams

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Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot... His most recent fiction title, The World’s Worst Children, published on 19th May 2016 sold over 340,000 copies in the UK alone. It went straight to No. 1 on release where it stayed for 4 weeks and also concurred Children’s Books charts, where it stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks. Internationally sales continue to thrive, The World’s Worst Children also went straight to No. 1 in the Australian children’s chart and remained there for three consecutive weeks and reached the No. 1 in the overall book chart in New Zealand. David Walliam’s latest children’s book, Code Name Bananas is a heart-warming tale of overcoming grief, parental death, living in war and animal kindness. David Walliam’s history as an actor, writer and comedian is evident in the way the story is told. From funny jokes to thrilling suspense the author has kept the reader in a constant state of excitement and joy.

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Little Britain does far more to promote racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and classism than it does to satirise them.

Walliams' books] are brilliantly, beautifully and seemingly effortlessly written ... Mr Dahl finally has a worthy successor' Telegraph Code Name Bananas by David Walliams is published by HarperCollins and is available in shops and online.

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Write Links is a support group for beginner and emerging children’s writers and writer/illustrators living in Brisbane and the surrounding area.As well as being a No.1 best-selling Children’s author, David Walliams is one of Britain's most popular writers and comic actors.

Code Name Bananas - The World of David Walliams

Code Name Bananas will be a hit with primary school children although it may cause problems for those who are Deaf, hearing impaired, or have detachable limbs. I would like to think that Sid’s representation – although distasteful to me – actually helps children missing legs. The Last Leg cast use legless humor themselves but the difference is that two of the three do not have a full complement of limbs whereas Walliams is laughing at disabled people. And his career consists of laughing at minorities while pandering to prejudice.David has proved himself as a dramatic actor in BBC2's 'Capturing Mary' with Dame Maggie Smith, in BBC1's Agatha Christie series 'Partners In Crime', as Frankie Howerd in the biopic ‘Rather You Than Me’ for BBC4, and on the stage in Harold Pinter’s 'No Man’s Land' starring alongside Sir Michael Gambon. He received the Comedy Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performance as Bottom in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ directed by Michael Grandage.

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Readers as young as 8 will enjoy this novel. It is a humorous and exciting tale of friendship and caring. All in all, Code Name Bananas is a thoroughly enjoyable story and I look forward to future tales by David Walliams. With the help of hisUncle Sid and a friendlykeeper at the zoo, the three go on the run to save their amazing Gorilla friend! Until... oh no! The ganguncover a top-secret Nazi plot... This follows on from the success of Grandpa’s Great Escape, Awful Auntie, Demon Dentist, Ratburger and Gangsta Granny. All went straight to Children’s number one on release with Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy selling over a million copies to date. Discover the super special friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day! As Nazi bombs fall, Eric realises his friend needs saving and rescues Gertrude from the zoo with help from Uncle Sid. The three of them hide out at the seaside, but soon they stumble upon a top-secret Nazi plot that will require all their wits and bravery to stop.Posh zoo directors, freaky vets, terrible twins and playful animals – all this and more feature in this fast-paced tale. The reader will find themselves marvelling at the various creatures that appear in the novel and relating in some form to the grief felt by Eric. Overall, I couldn’t help but think that Walliams sees disability as comical without depth. I give Walliams 2 stars for representation of disability. It’s that high because Sid is a lovely man who joins Eric on his journey. And no animal, no matter how physically challenged, is euthanized in this story. However, I urge all authors to lift their game and represent disability instead of using it to service ableist humor. Illustrations Grandma is “deaf” so, this being the 1940s during World War II, she uses a hearing trumpet. Cue the usual jokes about hearing impaired people misunderstanding others. Added to all this, David’s books have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim: Awful Auntie, Ratburger and Demon Dentist won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year and in France David was awarded the popular Tamtam for Mr Stink and the prestigious Le Prix Du Livre De La Jeunesse for Ratburger, so it comes as no surprise that countless broadsheet reviewers have compared David to his all-time hero, Roald Dahl.