书名：大卫少年幽默小说系列8册 英文原版
读者对象：9-12岁
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数640-790L
作者：David Walliams
出版社名称：HarperCollins Children’s Books
出版时间：2010
语种：英文 
商品尺寸：每本约12.9 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：224-448页/册x 8册

“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”是由英国当代炙手可热的儿童图书作家大卫·威廉姆斯撰写，《了不起的狐狸爸爸》的插图绘制者、英国当代儿童文学界享负盛名的插画家昆廷·布莱克以及英国著名插画家托尼·罗斯创作插图的一系列儿童小说。本系列图书自出版以来，获得了包括英国人民图书奖儿童读物奖、英国《泰晤士报》Amanda Craig年度儿童图书奖在内等无数奖项殊荣。

“大卫·少年幽默小说系列”描写的是少年儿童生活中常见的人物和故事，夸张变形的细节会让你捧腹大笑，温情感人的故事会让你心酸落泪。这种幽默诙谐和新奇故事的巧妙编织，让孩子在体味生命、命运、财富、性别角色的同时，照亮心灵，驱赶心灵阴影，缓解心理压力，无不体现了作者超常的生活和创作智慧，是不可多得的少年儿童治愈系小说，是英国“家庭教育经典读物”。

★“罗尔德·达尔继承人”、英国著名儿童文学作家大卫·威廉姆斯全新力作
★《了不起的狐狸爸爸》绘者、世界著名插画师昆廷·布莱克精美插图
★荣获红房子儿童图书奖青少年读者大奖
★荣获英国国家图书奖童书奖
★荣获英国人民图书奖儿童文学奖
★荣获英国《泰晤士报》年度儿童图书奖
★荣获林肯郡儿童图书奖
★家庭教育优选读物，一套令人动容、令人捧腹的幽默治愈成长小说。
★班上孩子争相讨论的爆笑故事；各国图书馆必须提前一个月预定
★世界热卖的儿童小说，30多种语言出版，销量突破500多万

精彩书评：
“幽默的天才……阅读本套书，对大孩子和小孩子来说都是一件快乐的事情。”
——英国《爱丁堡晚报》

“从头到尾都很有趣。又一个罗尔德·达尔诞生了。”——英国《泰晤士报》

“这真是一套与众不同的书。即使是成人也会被逗得咯咯笑。托尼·罗斯的插图也很震撼！”——英国《热度》杂志

“我真的特别喜欢看这套书，喜欢大卫·威廉姆斯的幽默。这套书涉及了很难的社会问题，这是每个人都会在家庭生活中遇到的，读读这样一套书真好……”
——英国洛克比镇哈顿小学老师丽萨·杨

“我班上的们孩子真的特别喜欢读这套书，它们讲述了很好的故事……真棒，我会推荐给小学中高年级的孩子们看。”——英国达利奇学院老师克莱尔·马修森

“伟大而幽默的喜剧故事……大卫·威廉姆斯是个天才，天生机智风趣，擅长写作。”
——英国《标准晚报》

“在这套书中，大卫·威廉姆斯在高度的喜剧性和情感传递之间做到了很好的平衡。”
——英国《每日邮报》

“这套书反映了许多关于孩子对爱和情感的基本需要。”——英国《每日邮报》

“一套充满智慧和温暖的成功之作。”——英国《年度邮报图书》

PRAISE FOR DAVID WALLIAMS:
“A pleasure to read. A beguilingly funny, original and thought-provoking tale… hilarious.”  —Amanda Craig, The Times

“I absolutely love David Walliams’s books. In a few more years they will become classics.”  
—Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole, Guardian

“A triumphant mix of wit and warmth.” — Telegraph Books of the Year

“Another triumph for David Walliams. His books are a breath of wonderful fresh air.” — Sun

Mr Stink《臭臭先生》
臭臭先生是个流浪汉，少女克洛伊每天去上学都会遇见他，但从来没有跟他打过招呼。有一天，参加竞选的妈妈提出要把所有流浪汉赶出小镇，克洛伊自作主张，把臭臭先生藏进了自家后院……克洛伊的妹妹安娜贝尔觉得姐姐不应该跟流浪汉打交道，妈妈觉得收留臭臭先生会影响自己的竞选，克洛伊应该怎么办？臭臭先生身上又隐藏着怎样惊人的秘密？
“Mr. Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well....”
Chloe sees Mr. Stink every day, but she’s never spoken to him. Which isn’t surprising, because he’s a tramp, and he stinks.
But there’s more to Mr. Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed.
As Chloe struggles to keep Mr. Stink a secret, and her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation. But there’s one other person with an extraordinary secret—Mr. Stink himself.

Gangsta Granny《了不起的大盗奶奶》
11岁的本恩觉得自己80多岁的奶奶只会嚼薄荷糖、玩拼字游戏，身上全是臭臭的圆白菜味儿，他讨厌和奶奶待在一起。但是有一天，奶奶要带他去冒险，本恩开始研究地下管道，练习游泳，学习各种逃生技巧……当他和奶奶一起就要完成冒险计划时，英国女王突然出现在他们面前，本恩面对的是惊喜还是灾难？
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David’s previous bestsellers. Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma. 1) She was once an international jewel thief. 2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help...

Billionaire Boy《钱堆里的男孩》
乔的爸爸一夜之间成了富翁，乔也因此成为世界上很有钱的男孩：他有自己的F1赛车道，他有两百万英镑的生日红包……但乔却非常不开心，他不但没有一个朋友，还饱受奚落和嘲笑，只有胖男孩鲍勃想跟他做朋友，但乔根本看不上他。当乔的爸爸生意失败，乔又重新变成了穷人的孩子时，他想让鲍勃做他的朋友，但是，鲍勃还会理他吗？
A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and one of the fastest growing children’s author across the globe.
Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact.
You see, Joe’s rich. Really, really rich. Joe’s got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He’s the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.
Yes, Joe has absolutely everything he could possibly want. But there’s just one thing he really needs: a friend…

The Boy in the Dress《穿裙子的小男子汉》
丹尼斯是个单亲家庭的男孩，生活特别无聊，他爱看女性时尚杂志，有一天，懵懵懂懂并且受到诱惑的情境下，他竟然穿上了女孩的长裙、涂上了口红……刚开始他还觉得这事很好玩很刺激，但是，当人们知道他是男扮女装的时候，大家对他都不理解，然而，在他踢足球的时候，队友们为了安慰他，居然和他一起穿上了女孩的长裙。丹尼斯是要生活在异样的目光之中，忍受处罚？还是要脱下长裙、擦去口红、变回男孩？
The sparkling debut children’s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country, with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books.
Dennis was different.
Why was he different, you ask?
Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book…
Charming, surprising and hilarious—The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams’s beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.

Demon Dentist《魔鬼牙医》
艾尔菲和病重的爸爸相依为命，生活虽然艰难，却充满快乐。他们一起在幻想的故事世界里冒险：打败喷火龙，战胜独眼巨人，还活捉过尼斯湖水怪。可他们没想到，自己身边竟真的出现了一个难对付的家伙——镇上来了个女牙医，怪事从此接连不断：孩子们掉下来的牙齿竟然变成了死鼻涕虫、活蜘蛛……艾尔菲想追查真相，却被骗到诊所拔光了所有的牙，还被困在“万牙堂”里，悬在热锅上……患重病的爸爸，连系鞋带都很困难，他会想出什么办法来打败魔鬼牙医，救出儿子呢？
Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find... a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow.
Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it...?

Ratburger《少女驯兽师和她的霹雳鼠》
佐伊有个梦想——成为驯兽师，让她的宠物小姜饼成为第1只会跳霹雳舞的小仓鼠；佐伊的爸爸也有个梦想——要为佐伊制作出全新口味的冰激凌。可不幸的是，小姜饼离奇地死亡了，爸爸工作的冰激凌厂也关闭了。懒惰自私的后妈除了吃薯片，就是嘲笑佐伊和爸爸的梦想。一切：都糟透了，直到佐伊遇到阿米蒂奇——一只舞蹈动作一学就会的天才小耗子。然而，阿米蒂奇竟然被坏人抓走了！想要救它的佐伊却意外发现这件事情背后的惊天大阴谋……后妈身上还藏着什么秘密？佐伊该怎样鼓励爸爸重新振作，为“冰激凌”之梦而努力呢？
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery—mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title…

Awful Auntie《恶魔姑姑的可怕计谋》
丝黛拉的爸妈在一场车祸中丧生，12岁的她继承了萨克斯比庄园。然而，她的恶魔般的姑姑正在偷偷计划，想把庄园据为己有！于是，恶魔姑姑时时监视她，处处折磨她，还假扮警察骗走了房契。幸运的是，丝黛拉也有了一个秘密武器，她在地下室遇到了一个幽灵。幽灵能帮助她战胜恶魔姑姑吗？在这一过程中，丝黛拉还发现了萨克斯比家族未解的秘密……
A page-turning, rollicking romp of a read, sparkling with Walliams’ most eccentric characters yet and full of humour and heart. From larger than life, tiddlywinks obsessed Awful Aunt Alberta to her pet owl, Wagner—this is an adventure with a difference.
Aunt Alberta is on a mission to cheat the young Lady Stella Saxby out of her inheritance—Saxby Hall. But with mischievous and irrepressible Soot, the cockney ghost of a chimney sweep, alongside her Stella is determined to fight back... And sometimes a special friend, however different, is all you need to win through.

Grandpa’s Great Escape《飞行员爷爷的空中逃亡》
杰克的爷爷一直有一个心愿，他想要像年轻时那样，驾驶心爱的“喷火”战斗机翱翔蓝天，英勇作战。可是，他的“糊涂症”一天比一天严重，眼看着就要被杰克的爸妈送去“黄昏塔”，可是杰克不想和爷爷分开。“黄昏塔”黑暗神秘，这个看似美好无比的老人院，实际上是诈骗集团的总部；看似温柔和蔼的护士们，私底下却是凶狠的恶保安假扮的。杰克必须马上救出爷爷！杰克的逃亡计划能够成功吗？爷爷的“飞行心愿”能够梦想成真吗？
Grandpa is Jack’s favourite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he’s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he’s sent to live in an old folk’s home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it’s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!

大卫·威廉姆斯（David Williams），英国当代著名的儿童图书作家，在评论界享有“罗尔德·达尔继承人”的美誉。2008年至今，他的儿童文学作品一经推出，便受到全球大小读者的热烈追捧和好评——其作品以“幽默风趣”、“温情耐读”而著称。他是英国著名的喜剧明星和演员，曾通过参与各种活动为慈善团体募得大量捐款。他是英国具有影响力的公众人物，曾获“不列颠骄傲”的荣誉称号。
David Walliams—comedian, actor and author—continues to take the children’s literary world by storm. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, which published in early 2017, spent four weeks at industry number one and eight weeks at the top of the children’s chart. They have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim—and RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST and AWFUL AUNTIE have all won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year.
David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks in the children’s number-one spot, and have been translated into 50 languages, selling more than 22 million copies worldwide.

昆廷·布莱克（Quentin Beake），英国当代儿童文学界享负盛名的插画家和作家，获得过凯特·格林纳威大奖、安徒生插画奖等各种有关儿童读物的大奖。作品幽默而独特，笔触简洁而传神。他因为英国童话大师罗德尔·达尔作品创作的插图蜚声国际，二人因此被誉为童书界的经典搭档。
Quentin Blake is one of the most iconic illustrators of our time, best known for his classic partnership with Roald Dahl.

托尼·罗斯（Tony Ross），英国著名插画家和作家。他的画作以调皮活泼著称，具有强烈的情感张力。托尼·罗斯的幽默感与创作量丰沛，绘作超过350本，著作达70本，并有多部作品改编成动画。他三度荣获“zui佳绘者银画笔刷奖”。他的作品家喻户晓，有五十多部作品畅销世界各地，获奖无数，包括德国儿童图书奖（German Children’s Book Prize）、英国聪明豆图书奖银奖（silver medal in the Smarties Prize）以及凯特·格林纳威奖提名（Kate Greenaway Medal）。
Born in London, Tony Ross went to art school in Liverpool. His cartoons have appeared in famous publications the world over. His first book, HUGO AND THE WICKED WINTER, was published in 1972. Tony has since written over 100 books and illustrated over 2000! His creations Towser and The Little Princess have been turned into TV series.
David and Tony have worked on six bestselling picture books together, as well as eight of David’s phenomenally successful children’s novels—BILLIONAIRE BOY, GANGSTA GRANNY, RATBURGER, DEMON DENTIST, AWFUL AUNTIE, GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE, THE MIDNIGHT GANG and BAD DAD. David and Tony also collaborated on the 2017 World Book Day title, BLOB, and the two blockbuster short story collections, THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN and THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2.

Mr Stink《臭臭先生》
Gangsta Granny《了不起的大盗奶奶》
Billionaire Boy《钱堆里的男孩》
The Boy in the Dress《穿裙子的小男子汉》
Demon Dentist《魔鬼牙医》
Ratburger《少女驯兽师和她的霹雳鼠》
Awful Auntie《恶魔姑姑的可怕计谋》
Grandpa’s Great Escape《飞行员爷爷的空中逃亡》