The boy in the dress - David Walliams

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.

David Walliams continues to take the 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. THE WORLD'S WORST CHILDREN 2, spent four weeks at industry number one.

David's books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children's number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide.

'[Walliams' books] are brilliantly, beautifully and seemingly effortlessly written … Mr Dahl finally has a worthy successor' Telegraph

'Walliams understands something crucial about children and stories' Metro

"A great comic tale… Walliams is a natural wit" - Evening Standard

"Well written, funny, touching" - Observer

"A passionate celebration of individuality" - Telegraph

"Believable characters and a story that's original and intriguing" ***** - Heat

"Charming, funny" - The Times

"Has a lovely, Dahlian fluency to it" - Time Out