article_snippet.sent: The 59-year-old novelist and screenwriter singled out Walliams’ Gangsta Granny for criticism, as well as the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books by author Jeff Kinney.
article_snippet.sent: Horowitz, who is also the principal writer on the ITV period detective drama Foyle’s War, singled out Gangsta Granny, with Gangsta Granny breaking-wind jokes and a character who perpetuates the myth that children ‘automatically dislike reading’.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Jeff Kinney added: ‘Speaking personally, I was a little sad when, in Walliams’ Gangsta Granny, we were told that among the old woman’s vices, which included dribbling and farting: “
article_snippet.sent: the old woman’s house was stuffed full of books and the old woman’s was always trying to get Ben to read the old woman’s vices, which included dribbling and farting:
article_snippet.sent: Her house was stuffed full of books, even though Ben loathed reading”.