Or to put it another way – if you’re a piranha it doesn’t matter if people think you’re a weird sardine. We can choose to do good things even when people expect us to be bad. Who says bad guys have to be bad? The Bad Guys has a great message (without sounding preachy) about how we all have the power to decide who we want to be. It’s all about not conforming to other people’s expectations. His award winning picture books include Pearl Barley and. He is an author of childrens books and artist who until the mid-2000s was also an actor. The story is told in illustrated panels with breakout bits of dialogue that make it a lively reading experience. Aaron Blabey was born in 1974 in Australia. Aaron Blabey The Bad Guys Box Set: Books 1-5 Paperback Illustrated, Februby Aaron Blabey (Author, Illustrator) 6,406 ratings Collects books from: The Bad Guys See all formats and editions Paperback 20.99 36 Used from 13.95 34 New from 18.00 SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 'I wish I'd had these books as a kid. While it’s more of a hybrid of a graphic novel and a chapter book, the unusual format of The Bad Guys fills this gap perfectly. There are a lot of brilliant graphic novels out there for the older readers, but sadly not as much for the younger set. If you’ve got a reader aged seven or up at home who has been dragging their heels when it comes to reading, here’s a story that will draw them right in and make a lifelong reader out of them. The Bad Guys is an engaging read with a great story that isn’t too text-heavy. Between the snappy dialogue and the comic book-style illustrations, the kids will be in stitches when they read this book.

This isn’t as easy as it sounds when doing evil deeds is in your nature. Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are four bad guys who want to be good. Here are five reasons why we think it’s brilliant. Aaron Blabey was an actor before he started creating childrens books. Aaron Blabey’s The Bad Guys: Episode 1 is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Children’s Book Prize.

The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey