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Birthday Boy

By: David Baddiel
Narrated by: David Baddiel
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Summary

A hilarious rollercoaster ride of pure entertainment for listeners everywhere, Birthday Boy is the new Baddiel Blockbuster: featuring David's inimitable and award-winning combination of wish fulfilment, heart and hilarity.

What if it was every day?

This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything.

He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day.

So at first it's quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again. And again....

But it's not long before things start to go wrong. Soon disaster strikes, threatening something Sam loves even more than birthdays.

Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for....

©2017 David Baddiel (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"A perfect combination of humour, magic and a happy ending." (Charlotte Norman, Waterstones bookseller)
"A real page turner...a compelling story with relatable characters and meaningful life lessons." ( Huffington Post)

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A boy with a birthday everyday a sister and a uncle who swears very strangely

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This is an excellent book ad is great for children I chose all 5 ***** because the performance was on point the story is so cool & funny 💗💗💗💗🖤💗🖤🖤🖤💗💗💗😝💖😝💖💝❣️

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This book is really amazing I suggest.but I have to do fifteen words hello hello

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Not Baddiel's best book, but...

still kept the kids quiet in the car!

Some sections have heavy repetition, which may amuse kids but I found it irritating.

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Love suspense



Brils idea never could do that Perfect for children of any age ! ! !

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Awesome and awesome but if David did the accent it would make it easier to understand.

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An engaging story that entertained us from Paris

We got from Paris to Dartford tunnel, kept us and the kids fully engrossed. Thanks David.

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Good book my friend showed me this at school and I immediately wanted to get it, so I got it on audible!
Adventurous, Exiting And Imagining!

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Amazing Book!

I highly recommend this book to people who are searching for a story packed with action, fun, and brilliant narrating! David Baddiel really brings out the story well.

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Great book👌👌👌👌

I loved every moment of the book its so funny and relatable 👍 👍 👍

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