A smelly tramp with a big heart. A granny on the run from the law. A gang of kids with a joyous midnight secret. You’ll meet larger-than-life characters both young and old in these funny books from a trailblazing comedy star. Some of them will make you shriek in horror. Some of them will make your toes curl in disgust. Some of them – ahhh – will warm the cockles of your heart. Oh, and all of them will make you laugh till your ribs go ouch. Because that’s just what David Walliams does.

• Hilarious favourites from comic hero David Walliams

• This funny genius is regarded as a Roald Dahl for today

• He starred in TV shows Little Britain and Rock Profile

• His books are regularly screened on Christmas TV