Richard Ayoade's children's debut gives you all the answers in a way that's silly, funny, and thoroughly beguiling. Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a book?
"Laugh out loud funny and full of heart" Noel Fielding
"Funny, bonkers and brilliant" The Stylist
"Very funny, with brilliant illustrations. It should be called The Book That Everyone Wanted To Read." Nadia Shireen
"One book that I really think children should read is The Book That No One Wanted to Read." David Baddiel
Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a book? To be left under a whiffy pant pile or shelved, forever collecting dust? To have your pages bent backwards or your spine BROKEN? What if you don't have a sparkly unicorn or dragon adorning your cover - who will pick you out of the bookshop then? This is the story of the sadly neglected Book That No One Wanted To Read - can its destiny change when it finally meets the right reader? Spoiler alert: yes.
With funny drawings and hilarious jokes, I even bought this book for two of my friends, because this was the best thing I've EVER read.
This book is by the famous comedian Richard Ayoade and beautifully illustrated by Tor Freeman.
This story is written by a book. This may sound odd but this manky old book will tell you about its life, sat on the top shelf, in a dark corner of a library. The book is mad. It is so mad because no one has ever picked it up.
I got this book for my birthday. That night I sat on my bed reading it.... Read Full Review
