Favourite villains in Children's Books
Elaina Ryan’s top picks
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam by Tracy Corderoy, illustrated by Steven Lenton (age 2+)
The Bad Seed by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith,
Isabelle and the Crooks by Michelle Robinson, illustrated by Chris Mould
Good Little Wolf by Nadia Shireen (age 3+)
The Bad Guys (series) by Aaron Blabey (age 5+)
The Witches by Roald Dahl
An Féileacán Agus An Rí le Máire Zepf, maisithe ag Shona Shirley McDonald (8+)
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell (age 8+)
Frankenstiltskin by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Freya Hartas (age 8+)
Mr Spicebag by Freddie Alexander, illustrated by Helen O’Higgins (age 8+)
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (12+)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking series) by Patrick Ness (YA)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Tracy McEneaney’s top picks
Farmer Duck –by Martin Waddell
The Harry Potter Series - has a host of really good baddies!
Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Mr Gum by Andy Stanton
Dirty Bertie by Alan McDonald
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Burping Bertha by Michael Rosen
Roald Dahl also has LOADS of good villains – The Witches features the Grand High Witch, Matilda has Miss Trunchbull, The Twits and in James and the Giant Peach we meet Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman features the baddie Mrs Coulter
101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith has the memorable Cruella De Ville
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis gives us the White Witch
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy gives us Mrs Hardbroom.
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (12+)
Mega Monster and Demon Dentist by David Walliams
Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant and Maleficent Seven