Who let the dogs out?

 

The Bad Guys: Episode 1 

First in the Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey 

Published July 1st 2015 by Scholastic Australia 

Young readers may be familiar with Aussie Author Aaron Blabey’s Pig the Pug picture books. That same sense of kooky humour has transferred into these early reader chapter books featuring The Bad Guys - Misters Wolf, Snake, Piranha and Shark – each with a criminal rap sheet as long as a lollypop. Mr Wolf is a typical mobster, but he encourages the gang to become Good Guys. This, of course, leads them on a series of zany adventures starting with this quest to release 200 dogs out off the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. The graphic novel style of this series makes it a very easy read and it's a great one for reluctant readers. 

Level: K-2 

Number in series: 12 

Tempts kids to read other series by Aaron Blabey:
Pig the Pug, picture books/early readers 

 

What kids say, “Mum don’t give away those books I might read them again!” James, aged 13 and still loves The Bad Guys despite reading them in Y2.