Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties

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Comedian Humza Arshad fronts anti-extremism school campaign". BBC News. Leicester. 13 October 2014 . Retrieved 1 June 2015. There is no “Islam” in it aside from Muslim names and mention in a rap of a halal KFC. I kind of like that they are Muslim kids and it appeals to a larger audience, sure something praying or something at some point might have been nice, but it isn’t a book that you’d be expecting spiritual nuggets from, so it is ok.

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Praise for Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties, one of The Guardian's 100 best holiday books for 2019 Muslim students walking out of lectures about evolution". BBC Asian Network. 29 November 2011 . Retrieved 8 February 2013. Diary of a Bad Man – Humza Arshad Interview with Noreen Khan". BBC Asian Network. DJNoreen. 9 December 2011 . Retrieved 8 February 2013.

Puffin started out as a non-fiction publisher, with its first title appearing in 1940. As the most iconic and well-known children’s book brand in the UK today, we are always on the lookout for innovative ways to tell the world’s favourite stories and for brilliant new debut talent and brands that connect with today’s young readers, from newborn up to twelve years old. Humza discovers his school is slowly being taken over by evil aliens posing as aunties. Together with his two friends Wendy and Umer, he must work to save the town and deal with the antics from his Dad and Mum at the same time. a b c Dakin, Melanie (14 July 2011). "Humza Arshad and Jeff Mirza head up charity comedy tour". Harrow: Harrow Times . Retrieved 1 February 2013. The magic of this book isn’t solely due to the comedy and madcap adventure – Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Auntiesis underpinned by a whole lot of heart, a relatable representation of friendship, and British Asian culture, withAleksei Bitskoff’s illustrations adding to the energy.

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Friction, Bobby. When Humza Arshad AKA Diary Of A Badman met Bobby Friction!. BBC Asian Network. May 2011 You've probably heard of me, right? Little Badman. No? Oh. Well. . . Doesn't matter. You will do one day. I'm gonna be big." PREVIEW: Badman at John Moores University". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool. 28 November 2011 . Retrieved 18 February 2013. Draw a favourite scene from story, eg maybe from the end of the book when Little Badman performs his rap or the aliens disappear in their spaceship. Perform Little Badman’s rap and write one of your own This book oozes personality and with so much going on it promises to maintain the attention of young readers for hours at a time

Bryant, Miranda (7 April 2015). "YouTube star Humza Arshad: Syria schoolgirls' families support my efforts to deter pupils from extremism". London Evening Standard. London . Retrieved 1 June 2015. Humza Mohammed Khan is an 11 year old Pakistani kid in Britain who thinks of himself as the next big rapper, Little Badman. He dreams big and talks even bigger as he struts around primary school getting in trouble and trying to film his music video on his friend Umer’s extremely old Nokia flip phone. With a normal enough mom, a hyper exaggerating father, and a handful of their friends known as Aunties and Uncles, Humza gets in trouble regularly enough, but overall seems to have a good heart. Ladybird, Puffin and Penguin are imprints of Penguin Random House UK. Across their extensive list, we believe there is a story for every child, everywhere. When Henry and I first collaborated on material for older audience but as tastes go, we both love crazy, out of this world. laugh out loud humour. Henry knew the comic world so it was a dream working with him on this. It was a lot of fun working together on Little Badman, we have the same sense of humour, but he's a lot better at spelling then me!

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I had my ten year old read it and he thought it was ok, but was uncomfortable with the language, which I was glad, but I told him I thought he could handle it, and know what is appropriate to use. That being said, school libraries should have the book, maybe not classroom libraries though, and I probably wouldn’t do it as a book club. I will have my other kids read it though, cause like I said, it is silly and fun. But when Humza's music teacher is taken ill his dreams are put on hold. His Auntie has stepped in as substitute, and nobody seems to care about the unorthodox teaching because of the endless sweet treats. As other teachers start to disappear, with more Aunties appearing in their place, Humza knows something isn't right. Humza (aka Little Badman) great ambition is to be a super cool rapper and he devotes most of his time and energy on pursuing this goal. Yates, Kieran (24 May 2013). "Smokey's Barbers are a cut above". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 August 2013.Fagan, Ciaran (14 October 2014). "Diary of a Badman star Humza Arshad teams up with police to film anti-extremism message". Leicester Mercury. Leicester. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015 . Retrieved 1 June 2015. Something weird is happening at school though: teachers are disappearing and being replaced by food-obsessed Aunties intent on fattening everyone up! When his music teacher vanishes, putting a halt to Humza’s rapper dreams, he’s determined to figure out what’s going on – and then things start to get really crazy...