Demon Dentist

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As I have to sit on a judging panel for Britain's Got Talent with Simon Cowell, I am grateful to have teeth that look presentable. And I brush my teeth after every meal – I'm aware that when I meet someone in the street they'd say, 'I met David Walliams but he had a bit of spinach in his teeth'." Am I an old misery guts? I hope not. I don't think Walliams will lose money with Demon Dentist, and I can see that it's going to be popular. I just think he's selling himself short by veering in this direction with his writing. Demon Dentist is in many ways his saddest book, but I found Billionaire Boy much more moving and that was about a rich kid! I found Boy in the Dress very upsetting - because a boy's dad missed his wife. These were more considered and character-driven, they didn't try as hard to win readers. It's the characters around him that I didn't like. Winnie the social worker is very much a stereotype, and her biscuit munching annoying. I was a bit creeped out by Alfie's dad calling him "pup". And by Alfie constantly calling the underused Gabz, his "friend girl" as a "little girl"... She's in secondary school. I didn't understand why the dentist refers to herself as "Mummy" either. If that’s what her toothpaste does, thought Alfie, what on earth is in those special sweets of hers…?

Before ill health forced him out of work, Dad was a coal miner. A great big bear of a man, he had loved working down the pit and providing for his beloved son. However, all those years he spent down the mine took a terrible toll on his lungs. Dad was a proud man, and didn’t let on about his illness for many years. He worked harder and harder to dig more and more coal, even taking on extra shifts to help make ends meet. Meanwhile his breathing became shallower and shallower, until one afternoon he collapsed at the coalface. When Dad finally came round at the hospital the doctors told him he could never go down a mine again. Just one more lungful of coal dust could finish him off for good. As the years passed Dad’s breathing worsened. Getting another job became impossible, and even everyday tasks, something as simple as tying a shoelace, grew to be a struggle. Soon Dad could only get around in a wheelchair. With no mum or brothers or sisters, Alfie had to care for his father alone. Besides having to go to school and do his homework, the boy would do all the shopping, all the cleaning, cook all the meals, and do all the washing up. Alfie never complained though. He loved his dad with all his heart. Dad’s body may have been broken, but his spirit wasn’t. He had a great gift Don't miss this terrific tale from the West End producers of David Walliams' Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy, which were both nominated for an Olivier Award! It's the funniest and most exciting show yet! Birmingham stage Company are probably the best theatre company with productions for families and the children were enthralled throughout. This production of Demon Dentist is perfect for all ages and is now my favourite David Walliams story ” Teesdale Mercury The dentist had gripped so hard he had crushed the tooth. It exploded into thousands of tiny fragments inside Alfie’s mouth. With the ordeal finally over, Mr Erstwhile and all his helpers were lying in a tangled heap on the surgery floor. “Well done, everyone!” he announced, as his assistant Miss Prig helped him to his feet. “Oh, that tooth was a stubborn little blighter!” Just then Alfie realised something. He still had toothache. The dentist had taken out the wrong tooth! I think with a book like Demon Dentist, it should be scary but in a safe way. When I ask kids if they found the book scary, they all say no. I want my books to be read for pleasure.

Raj

But the main book emphasis goes around a very poor boy and his very unfortunate life. I see how this part is set to teach kids sympathy and tenderness, not to bully the ones that don't or can't fit in, be compassionate and understanding. I didn't like the ending again, as with Ratburger. Too much of a chase (after chase after chase) with an ending I didn't want. A fantastic show for all the family, with fun music, great sets and lovable characters'' ILoveManchester.com

What an amazing show! It's such a thrill to see my story brought to life in such a brilliant way. I love it! ” David WalliamsDespite the sadness of Alfie’s position, the plot itself is very funny and enjoyable, sending Alfie on adventures to find the truth about the new dentist in town. The plot is not at all realistic, but this is what makes it so fun and unpredictable. I found myself audibly laughing out loud on more than one occasion. I saw one friend's (who's a dentist) concern that such book might frighten kids even more when it comes to a question of dentist visit. And children are already scared of dentists (I was and still am to this day!). So how come such book was even published? Oh…” moaned the woman in pleasure. “Your teeth are absolutely abhorrent…” The whole of the lower school laughed at him. I was a child a long time ago and my parents would leave 10p under my pillow, which I would immediately spend on sweets, so more teeth would fall out. I still pretended to believe in the Tooth Fairy so I would still get money."

Strange things are happening in the dead of night. Children who put a tooth under the pillow for the tooth fairy wake to find... a dead slug; a live spider; or hundreds of earwigs creeping beneath their pillow. Evil is at work, but who is behind it? Could it be the Demon Dentist? This is the second time I’m reading ‘Demon Dentist’ by David Walliams & it was as mesmerizing & laugh out loud funny as it was in the past. One of my students chose this title for their book review test & so I had to go through the book again. I know for a fact that she enjoyed the book in spite of not having known Walliams & now is keen on reading all of his titles that are available in India. All but one kid put their hand up. No one actually enjoyed going to the dentist. At best it was tolerated. The one boy who didn’t put his hand up was too busy texting. Alfie reached his hand in the air as high as he could. “Oh! So many hands. Ha ha!” she laughed, though not in a way that suggested she found it funny. “So how many of you REALLY REALLY REALLY hate going to the dentist…?” incanted Miss Root in that singsong voice of hers. Most of the hands stayed up, and Alfie actually rose out of his chair so his hand would be the highest. This boy was the king of really really really hating going to the dentist. After he had the wrong tooth pulled out, no one in the known universe hated going to the dentist more than Alfie. “Ho ho ho!” said the dentist. “Who on earth says ‘Ho ho ho’?” whispered Alfie to Gabz. “So lame!” replied the little girl. “Well, Mummy is here today to tell you there is absolutely nothing to be scared of…” The words danced in the air as she spoke. If her tone of voice wasIt is a thrill being scared, as long as there are safe parameters. We have all seen parents play with their children pretending to be monsters. Children yelp half in fear and half in pleasure. Book Genre: Adventure, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Middle Grade, Novels, Young Adult The dentist is a really scary witch. Quite a perfect halloweenish witch. And she has a cat named Fang. I just love such evil characters! This was the world of the imagination. Anything was possible in Dad’s and Alfie’s adventures. Nothing could stop them. Nothing. As Alfie grew older though, he found it harder and harder to see these things. As his dad spoke, the boy would open his eyes, become distracted, and begin to wish he could play computer games all night like the other kids at his new big school. “Pup, just close your eyes and believe…” his dad would say. However, Alfie was beginning to think that now he was twelve, nearly thirteen, he was too old to believe in magic and myths and fantastical creatures. He was about to find out how terribly wrong he was.