The boy in the dress by David Walliams

[reluctantreader]

I've recently read all of David Walliams books and I wondered if anyone else had read them. I was reluctant at first because he's famous and I thought that they wouldn't be any good but they are really well written and deal with a lot of issues that most children's authors would be too frightened to address.
Has anyone else read them and if so what did you think of them?

[MandiKenendy]

I've read this to my class at school and it's lead to some really interesting debates. I asked them how their parents would feel if they found them in a dress (and for the girls dressed as a boy) and it was really interesting to see which children thought their parents would be supportive and which thought their parents would be judgemental.

[Katk1424]

I was a bit disappointed - I thought that it would go further in discussing the issues. I think he should go the whole hog next time and write about a gay teenager. Children need role models in children's books and theres too many kids who are using the word gay to mean stupid without thinking about it.