The World's Worst Parents by David Walliams

The World’s Worst Parents is a collection of ten tales by David Walliams, illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross. Following the World’s Worst Children stories and World’s Worst Teachers, this book turns its attention to a line-up of parents with particularly dreadful habits and over-the-top behaviour.

The stories introduce a range of mums and dads who take everyday embarrassment to extremes. Readers are invited to meet characters including Peter Pong, known for having the stinkiest feet in the world, Harriet Hurry, described as the fastest mum on two wheels, and Monty Monopolize, a dad who takes all his kids’ toys. There is also Supermum, armed with a toilet brush, a mop and a homemade outfit.

Key details

• Author: David Walliams
• Illustrations by Tony Ross
• Ten tales about “the world’s worst parents”
• Illustrated in colour

Synopsis

This book presents ten stories about spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads. It features a series of exaggerated characters and their “delightfully dreadful deeds”, from a man with famously smelly feet to a mum who races on two wheels, a toy-hoarding dad and a would-be Supermum with household cleaning tools and a homemade costume.