Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back in Richmal Crompton's William the Bad - with a fun and contemporary cover illustrated by Chris Garbutt and an introduction by writer Anne Fine.

William doesn't understand why he's not invited to Robert and Ethel's fancy-dress party - what could possibly go wrong? Desperate for an invite, his search for the perfect costume causes mayhem. Somehow nothing ever goes to plan when William the Bad is around!

There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his admirers since 1922.

Enjoy more of William's adventures in William's Happy Days and William Again.

This book is part of a book series called Just William .

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Pan Macmillan .

Richmal Crompton (1890-1969) was a British short-story writer and humorist. Martin Jarvis is one of Britain's most popular actors and an award-winning audiobook reader. Sean Taylor has written more than 40 books for young readers. These include the Purple Class series of comic adventures set in an urban primary school, a collection of folktales from the Amazon called The Great Snake, a novel for teenagers called A Waste of Good Paper, and picture books such as The World Champion of Staying Awake, illustrated by Jimmy Liao, Boing!, illustrated by Bruce Ingman, and Hoot Owl, illustrated by Jean Jullien. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons. Visit Sean's website at www. seantaylorstories. com. Chris Garbutt is an illustrator who works in animation - he lives in LA at the moment as a storyboard artist for Dreamworks. Previously, he's worked for the Cartoon Network and Disney TV on such programmes as Fairly Odd Parents, Stressed Eric and Mr Bean. It's a Groovy World, Alfredo will be his first picture book title.

This book has the following chapters:

• Introduction - i: Foreword by Anne Fine
• Chapter - 1: The Knights of the Square Table
• Chapter - 2: William and the Little Girl
• Chapter - 3: William, Prime Minister
• Chapter - 4: William Gets His Own Back
• Chapter - 5: William and the Prize Cat
• Chapter - 6: William Adopts an Orphan
• Chapter - 7: William and the Campers
• Chapter - 8: The Outlaws and the Cucumber
• Chapter - 9: A Little Interlude
• Chapter - 10: The Pennymans Hand on the Torch