The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

by David Baddiel

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Written especially for WBD 2016, this is a fabulously entertaining and touching novella from David Baddiel, author of the bestselling THE PARENT AGENCY and THE PERSON CONTROLLER.

Illustrated by the hugely talented Jim Field, winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.

Billy has a routine. To be honest, he has a lot of routines. There’s the waking-up routine, the getting-dressed routine, the cleaning-his-teeth-in-the-morning routine, the getting-his-school-bag-ready-routine… and that’s all before 8:30am.

But then one day Billy’s usual babysitter is unavailable, and Billy’s parents get Mrs Stokes instead. Mrs Stokes doesn’t do routines. Instead, she just tells Billy to do what he likes. Over and over again. Eventually, Billy decides to take her at her word. And that’s when things start to go weird.

Does everything get out of control and Billy learns his lesson and realises that routines are really quite important to stick to after all? Nah. This isn’t that kind of story…

  • ISBN13 9780008164911
  • Publish Date 25 February 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd