Billionaire Boy

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Yes, Joe has absolutely everything he could possibly want. But there’s just one thing he really needs: a friend… Teaching Ideas and Resources: English I am a big fan of David Walliams and have been meaning to try out his children’s books for a while, so ‘Billionaire Boy’ seemed a good first choice. From the award-winning West End producers of Gangsta Granny and Awful Auntie comes this amazing new production of David Walliams' best-selling story!

Billionaire Boy: David Walliams". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015 . Retrieved 1 February 2015. Joe’s dad travels to his new school in a helicopter. Think of different ways that you could travel to school and discuss the pros / cons of each. Could you draw a map of your route to school, adding features that you see on the way? You won’t tell anyone at school, will you?” said Joe. “About me being a billionaire. It’s so embarrassing. Especially when they find out how my dad became rich. Please?” “Not if you don’t want me to.” “I don’t. I really don’t.” “Well, I won’t then.” “Thanks.” The two continued down the street. After a few paces Joe couldn’t wait any longer. He turned to Bob, who had already polished off half the massive bar of Dairy Milk. “Can I have some chocolate then?” he asked. “Yes of course. This is for us to share,” said Bob, as he broke off his friend a tiny square of chocolate. Billionaire Boy by David Walliams – review". The Guardian. London. 9 December 2011 . Retrieved 2 January 2013.

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Draw a map of Bumfresh Towers and add the different parts / rooms mentioned in Chapter 1, as well as the locations of all of the amazing things that Joe owns. BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB!” Undeterred, Bob hurled his body across the finish line. “HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!” The other kids fell around laughing, pointing at Bob, as he bent over and panted for breath. Turning around, Joe felt a sudden twinge of guilt. As the school kids dispersed, he went over to Bob and helped him stand up straight. “Thanks,” said Joe. “You’re welcome,” said Bob. “To be honest I should have done that anyway. If you came last on your very first day, you’d never hear the end of it. But next year you’re on your own. I don’t care if you give me a million pounds – I ain’t coming last again!” Joe thought about his two-million-pound birthday cheque. “What about two million pounds?” he joked.

Look at Mrs Trafe’s school dinner menu and discuss the items on it! Could you make your own healthy, balanced menu? After the success of the first two adaptations ( Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny), Walliams announced that The Boy in the Dress and Billionaire Boy would be made into television specials. Being nouveau riche so Joe is bullied and looked down on by the other children at the posh school he attends, and persuades his dad to let him go to the local comprehensive. But will Joe find happiness and friends, or will other things get in the way? What I like in David's writing style is how he takes things to the extremes, it is so sarcastic and then he surprises you with something sad or surprising that you ought to have feelings no matter what! David Walliams’s latest children’s novel is an easy-going, fun book, clearly geared to appeal to boys (and we do need boys’ books), and even more clearly designed by its publisher (Harper Collins) to fill the un-fillable gap left by Roald Dahl’s death. Being un-fillable, this gap is left unfilled, but it was a worthy attempt.Light them instead of bits of old newspaper to get the barbecue going Keep a pad of them by the telephone and use them as post-it notes Line the hamster cage with handfuls of them and then throw them out after a week when they began to smell of hamster wee Let the same hamster use one as a towel after it’s had a shower Filter coffee through them Make paper hats out of them to wear on Christmas Day Blow their noses on them Spit chewed-up chewing gum into them before crumpling them and placing them in the hand of a butler who would then put them in the hand of a footman who would then put them in the hand of a maid who would then put them in the bin Make paper aeroplanes out of them and throw them at each other Wallpaper the downstairs loo with them “I never asked,” said Bob. “What does your dad do?” BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB!” The chants grew louder and louder. “BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB!” They started clapping in time now. “BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! BLOB! Watch this reading and interview with the author. Think of questions that you would like to ask David Walliams: