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From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a book. Quirky, smart, and genre-busting, this is the saga of a book that nobody wants to read—until the day it meets YOU.
The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know—it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page.
Genre: Children's Fiction
The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know—it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover the boring color of a school lunch table and pages so dry they give bookworms indigestion. But what happens when this book meets you, a curious reader? Multitalented author Richard Ayoade and award-winning illustrator Tor Freeman bring to life a hilariously subversive take on the nature of books and reading, with a heartening theme of finding the courage to tell our own stories. Readers of all ages will be delighted by the myriad bookish references and laughs on every page.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Praise for this book
"One book that I really think children should read is The Book That No One Wanted to Read." - David Baddiel
"A very - very - funny book that's also a playfully philosophical exploration of why we write and why we read." - Mac Barnett
"Very funny, with brilliant illustrations. It should be called The Book That Everyone Wanted To Read." - Nadia Shireen
"The most inaccurate title in the entire history of literature. The Book That No One Wanted to Read should immediately be re-titled The Book That I Read And Immediately Wanted to Read All Over Again. It's stupendously funny, it's mind-meltingly clever, it's snort-inducingly silly and it's meta-tactically post-modern all at the same time. How is this possible? Only by combining the planet-sized brain of Richard Ayoade and the uber-talented fingers of Tor Freeman. Everything single page is a delight, from camel wrangling to dragon school. Who else but Richard could make the main character in a book... a book? It's such a brilliant idea that it made me sit in the corner in a foetal position for a full hour." - Chris Smith
"Richard Ayoade and Tor Freeman are a dreamus teamus." - Jim Smith
"Packed with wit, warmth and wisdom - a hilarious but heartfelt guide to the power of the imagination in every child." - Piers Torday
"A very - very - funny book that's also a playfully philosophical exploration of why we write and why we read." - Mac Barnett
"Very funny, with brilliant illustrations. It should be called The Book That Everyone Wanted To Read." - Nadia Shireen
"The most inaccurate title in the entire history of literature. The Book That No One Wanted to Read should immediately be re-titled The Book That I Read And Immediately Wanted to Read All Over Again. It's stupendously funny, it's mind-meltingly clever, it's snort-inducingly silly and it's meta-tactically post-modern all at the same time. How is this possible? Only by combining the planet-sized brain of Richard Ayoade and the uber-talented fingers of Tor Freeman. Everything single page is a delight, from camel wrangling to dragon school. Who else but Richard could make the main character in a book... a book? It's such a brilliant idea that it made me sit in the corner in a foetal position for a full hour." - Chris Smith
"Richard Ayoade and Tor Freeman are a dreamus teamus." - Jim Smith
"Packed with wit, warmth and wisdom - a hilarious but heartfelt guide to the power of the imagination in every child." - Piers Torday
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