The Blunders
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Chapter Book · Ages 7–12 · 2025

The Blunders

Written by David Walliams · Illustrated by Adam Stower

A bumbling family must save their crumbling home through comic misadventures.

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Meet the Blunders, a hilariously inept family living in a decaying mansion. When their beloved Blunder Hall faces peril, Bertie, Betsy, and their quirky clan, including a pet ostrich, embark on uproarious escapades to save it. Will their blunders lead to disaster or unexpected triumph? Discover the chaos and laughter in this riotous tale of family misadventures.

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Million-copy bestseller David Walliams’ funniest book yet - a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history. This paperback edition includes a hilarious NEW STORY. Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people.This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.Absurd and hilarious, The Blunders is David Walliams’ funniest book yet. A laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history.David Walliams was most recently Children’s number one bestseller with The World’s Worst Monsters (TCM Chart, 22 August 2023).

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Format
Paperback
Pages
400
Reading age
7–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about petsBooks about siblingsBooks about familyBooks about parentsBooks about presents and gifts
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Book details

Publication
Published
January 14, 2025
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780008588830

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