LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
October 2011 Guest Editor Roddy Doyle. A rough boy in a posh house – it’s a great combination. This book is both quietly and out-loud funny. William’s adventures are very funny, but his philosophy and outlook are hilarious and consistently direct; the adult world just can’t budge him. I loved William when I was a boy, and think I might like him even more today. All the world’s leaders should read JUST WILLIAM – quick!
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Just William Synopsis
A joyful anniversary edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Richmal Crompton's bestselling, much-loved classic Just William - updated for a new generation of readers. Featuring the original text illustrations by Thomas Henry and an introduction by Sue Townsend.
'William is as fresh and funny as ever' - Chris Riddell
'Gloriously funny' - Sue Townsend, author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable bundle of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.
Whether he's meant to be babysitting, putting on a show with his trusty gang of friends, the Outlaws, or meeting his faithful dog, Jumble, William Brown always has a new scheme up his sleeve. His intentions are good but nothing ever quite goes to plan in this hilarious collection of eleven stories about everyone's favourite troublemaker.
Enjoy more of William's adventures in More William, William Again, William the Outlaw and William at Christmas.
About This Edition
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9781529076820 |
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18th August 2022 |
| Author: |
Richmal Crompton |
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Thomas Henry |
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Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
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Paperback |
| Pagination: |
272 pages |
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Just William Series |
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Press Reviews
Richmal Crompton Press Reviews
A favourite chosen by Michael Morpurgo. He says of the Just William stories: "These are a must for every child."
Anne Fine on her favourite children's book of all time:"Every child's perfect companion: lippy, irrepressible and inventive to an almost pathological degree."
The first in the series of classic stories about William Brown, a boy who is never far from trouble. William and his friends form The Outlaws, a gang devoted to getting up to no good at every possible opportunity. William has a charming way of getting both into and out of difficulties by smooth talking. Wickedly funny, Just William must be read by every generation – it never goes out of date!
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About Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton was born at Bury in Lancashire, the second child of Reverend Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a teacher at the Bury Grammar School and his wife Clara (née Crompton). Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also became a writer, under the name John Lambourne, and is remembered for his fantasy novel The Kingdom That Was (1931).
Crompton attended schools in Lancashire and Derbyshire, including St Elphin’s, a boarding school for daughters of the clergy in Warrington, Lancashire, and later won a scholarship to study at the Royal Holloway College in London, receiving a BA Honours degree in Classics. She also took part in the Women's Suffrage movement at the time. She returned to St Elphin’s as the Classics mistress in 1914, and later, at age 27, moved to Bromley High School in south east London where she began her writing in earnest. Having contracted poliomyelitis, she was left without the use of her right leg in 1923. She gave up her teaching career and began to write full-time. She died in 1969 at her home in Farnborough in Kent. She was a close contemporary of Enid Blyton.
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