Code Name Bananas

My 10 yr old son thoroughly enjoyed reading this. He was so engrossing in this book, he finished the book in 2 days. Looking for more books from the same author.

It's that time of the year again when I have only one excuse for the—as some around me like to call them—age in-appropriate selection of books I've bought: It's my birthday!I've learnt to not pay attention when I'm standing in the children's section, my excitement visible, and being evidently judged for my reading tastes. But let me ask you this: Who decided you have to stop reading children's books after a certain age?1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him happiest: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla.With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude.Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot. Will Eric be able to foil Hitler's plans and keep Gertrude safe at the same time?This children's fiction book is a really a top secret case which has now been declassified. As a long-time fan of spy thrillers, I loved the spy angle here combined with WWII history.Walliams brings a gamut of characters who entertain you with their antics - from undercover disguises, to trucks that become airborne and flooded submarines. swimming with penguins or having food-fights with some very important people.Tony Ross's illustrations are a big reason why I have to read these books and at the risk of repeating myself, I must say they are delightful. I also love how the book is styled like an MI6 case file which brings that something extra to it.A crazy adventure that makes its (fictional) mark on world history, this is a fascinating read for children as well as adults of all ages.For complete review, visit aquamarineflavours.wordpress.com

Spoilers!I bought this book without knowing who David Williams is. I am an avid reader who's always looking for the next best book to buy. This book is not a disappointment. It looks great, it has amazing illustrations, a great story which includes real life events, the list goes on. Overall this book is 10/10 and you should read it

I bought this book for my 9 year old son. He loved reading it!

I bought this for my kids but I read it first. And enjoyed as I always do David Walliam books!

I love this book! It's an amazing story of an Uncle, whose name is Sid, and a boy named Eric and Gertrude the gorilla, who Eric and Sid love. The story is fascinating! The main plot is that Gertrude the gorilla, who lives in the zoo, is going to be given a lethal shot that will kill her, but Uncle Sid and Eric love her too much for her to die, so they think of a brilliant plan to save her. And that's just the starting.From that, the story builds up.It's a great read for anyone of any age. I highly recommend it.

if possible I would give it a 1000000000000/5 stars

It is set in the 1940 in the 2nd World War .Quite a interesting story about a boy named Eric's adventure with his uncle and a gorilla named "Getrude" .

As ever, as soon as a new book was released, we ordered it. But. This book just isn't as good. Yes, it's been churned out at astonishing speed but that seems to be the goal now. Publish publish publish, regardless of substance. The ever so predictable jokes are getting tired. The relentless mockery of others seeming rather jaded now. How he's managed to fill half a chapter mocking speech impediments I don't know but there we are, my kids all asked me to paraphrase in the end, leaving out the mocking. "It's not very kind" (9yr old). "We wouldn't be allowed to do that" (10yr old) "we wouldn't WANT to do that" (12yr old). The stereotypical mocking of class that is dragged out every book. We've only been reading it one night but the fact my 10yr old said this just sums up this review - "if it were a book by Katherine Rundell or Ross Welford or Philip Pullman or.. or... who wrote the Nowhere Emporium? (Ross MacKenzie) or The Boy at the back of the class (O'njali Raúf) then we'd all be asking for another chapter when you stopped reading but you've read 6 chapters and I think I've been daydreaming for the last 2..." David Walliams seems to have become a caricature of himself now, there seems little depth and authentic writing. The Beast of Buckingham Palace was bad but we read it. The Worlds Worst Teachers we put down after 2 chapters and didn't finish. This one, I fear, may be going the same way. We read and read and read in this house, I still read to all 3 children at bedtime for an hour - even an hour and three quarters to two hours in a really gripping book. But they're not enjoying David Walliams books any more. It's a shame that authors who genuinely produce some amazing works are not given the same opportunities for promotion as Walliams is - I think many people, like us, buy his books automatically and that's the success his publisher thrives on but there are some really super authors out here whose books I would buy automatically without hesitation. As for David Walliams books in future, I think we'll finally pass. This one is the one that's finally made me stop buying his books.

My grandson really enjoyed reading this book.However I am disappointed in amazon for reducing the price of the book the day after sending off all the pre-orders! They will not catch me again!

We love david Walliam's books but unfortunately when my daughter started reading , we noticed the ink from the page had transferred onto her fingers. the printers have not used permanent ink. I then checked carefully and yesthe ink was transferring to my fingers and all over my clothesAll the other DWalliams Hardbooks have Shiny pages in colour so I am a little concern if this an original and not a copy. So I am returning this

This is one of the best David Walliams books I have ever read and I've read them all! This book is set in 1940 during world war 2 and in this book Eric and his Uncle Sid try to save a gorilla called Gertrude from being shot at London zoo and end up in a Nazi submarine with the police chasing them. This book has the usual David Walliams humour throughout. I would recommend this book to any David Walliams fans.

You have to applaud the shear audacity of David Walliams BLURP and his SCREECH PR juggernaut. This is yet another 'fake news' CLUNK success story. If you tell a lie PFFFFFFT often enough, people will evitably CRUNCH believe it. The lie is that this CLANG is anything better than utterly appalling. That there are adults BLURP saying this is hilarious, well written, enjoyable is testament to the fact that human beings PING are willing to accept anything as a truth if they are told ZZZIIIPPP it is true often enough and using bright colours. Excuse the CLICK use of random onomatopoeia. It's the latest trend. Without it Code Name Bananas would be, thankfully, about 100 pages shorter but still abysmal. The dumbing down of society as we know it may have started with MTV but here we plumb new depths. Utter, utter rubbish. By buying this and reading it you are lowering the average IQ of the humanity and only encouraging these sniggering muppets to keep doing it. I am ashamed that I purchased this and gave it to a child who frankly didn't know any better. Shame, shame shame.