Books by Roald Dahl

Book SynopsisRoald Dahl''s irreverent and hilarious collection, Revolting Rhymes.This book is filled with revolting rhymes. (Be warned: It''s no ordinary Once upon a time).There''s poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads!Snow White''s dwarfs although awfully nice, are guilty of one shocking vice . . . And what becomes of Goldilocks, that nasty thieving little louse, when she goes sneaking around the three bear''s house . . . Listen to REVOLTING RHYMES and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Book SynopsisDirty Beasts is a collection of hilarious animal rhymes from the World''s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!Reissued in the exciting new Roald Dahl branding.A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl''s usual gusto and illustrated in suitably lurid style by Quentin Blake.''A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero'' - David Walliams Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake''s inimitable artwork.

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Book SynopsisTo pay Mrs Twit back for the worms in his spaghetti, Mr Twit thought up a really clever, nasty trick . . .Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man who always has bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is scheming and sly and always thinking of the next horrible trick to play on her husband.The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden.But not for much longer! The monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits so that they can escape and put a stop to the frightful pair once and for all!A phizzwhizzing new cover look for The Twits, a Roald Dahl classic.

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Book SynopsisJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl in magnificent full colour.Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER.James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.Life isn''t much fun at all, until something peculiar happens at the bottom of his garden . . .A peach at the very top of a tree begins to grow . . . and grow . . . and GROW! Inside are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical journey.

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Book SynopsisRoald Dahl's much-loved Matilda, now in a stunning large paperback format with Quentin Blake's original illustrations in full colour. Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she's the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out, because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget.Matilda is also a phenomenally successful, award-winning London stage musical, adapted for the stage by Dennis Kelly with music by Tim Minchin. 'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David WalliamsListen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven F

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Book SynopsisHigh up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone.Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day his mind goes click and an amazing idea rushes into his head.With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver''s heart?

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Book SynopsisPenguin presents the audiobook edition of The BFG by Roald Dahl, read by David Walliams. The BFG is a nice and jumbly giant. In fact, he is the only big friendly giant in Giant Country.All the other giants are big bonecrunching brutes, and now the BFG and his friend Sophie must stop them guzzling up little human beans - with some help from Her Majester, the Queen.David Walliams is a multi-award winning British comedian, actor and writer, best known for the comedy series Little Britain; but his acting work includes plays, dramas and films. He is also the author of five hugely successful children''s books, including two illustrated by Quentin Blake - Roald Dahl''s favourite illustrator.

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl''s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, read by the actor Douglas Hodge. This audiobook features original music.Charlie Bucket desperately wants to eat more than cabbage soup every day. But even more than that, he longs to see Wonka''s enormous chocolate factory!Now Mr Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate bars. Only five winners can go through those great iron gates; will one of them be Charlie?Douglas Hodge is a multi-award-winning English actor, with Olivier and Tony awards for his performance in La Cage aux Folles, and nominations for his leading roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls and Inadmissible Evidence. In 2013 he played the role of Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes'' musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Trade ReviewThe ultimate children's story ever * David Walliams *

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl''s classic Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, read by the actor Douglas Hodge. This audiobook features original music.Charlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator.It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they''re not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time . . .Douglas Hodge is a multi-award-winning English actor, with Olivier and Tony awards for his performance in La Cage aux Folles, and nominations for his leading roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls and Inadmissible Evidence. In 2013 he is playing the role of Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes'' musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Listen to other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams aTrade ReviewA true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero * David Walliams *

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents a marvellous new celebrity reading of Roald Dahl''s Fantastic Mr Fox. The audiobook features original music and 3D sound design by Pinewood film studios.Mr Fox steals food from the horrible farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean - one fat, one short, one lean.These three crooks concoct a plan to dig Mr Fox out of his home, but they don''t realise how truly fantastic Mr Fox is, or how far he''ll go to save his family . . .Listen to other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks present a phizz-whizzing reading of Roald Dahl''s George''s Marvellous Medicine, read by Derek Jacobi. The audiobook features original music and 3D sound design by Pinewood film studios.George Kranky is eight-years-old and wondering what sort of mischief he might get into. George''s Grandma is a grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson . . .And when Grandma''s finished drinking George''s marvellous medicine, she''ll really have something to grumble about.Listen to GEORGE''S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Book SynopsisStephen Fry reads this enhanced audiobook edition of Roald Dahl''s The Enormous Crocodile. The audiobook features original music and 3D sound design by Pinewood film studios.The Enormous Crocodile is a greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little girls and boys.But the other animals have a scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, director and writer. Television work includes A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder and the host of QI. On film, he played Oscar Wilde, and appeared in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadowsand The Hobbit. His voice work includes narrating the Harry Potter books.Listen to THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects frTrade ReviewA true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero * David Walliams *

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents a marvellous new reading of Roald Dahl''s The Twits read by IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade. The audiobook features original music.Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye.They''ve kept Muggle-Wump monkeys caged in the garden for far too long, and now the monkeys want to take their revenge . . .Listen to THE TWITS and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents a brand new recording of Roald Dahl''s classic The Witches, read by actress Miranda Richardson. This audiobook features original music and 3D sound design by Pinewood film studios.The Witches have a motto: One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good.Listen to THE WITCHES and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Book SynopsisTwo classic Roald Dahl stories brought to life as audiobook readings by House star Hugh Laurie, and Sir Quentin Blake.The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, read by Hugh LaurieBilly dreams of turning a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop.But a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey already live inside!Soon they are friends, and when they meet the richest man in England, Billy''s scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . .Esio Trot, read by Quentin BlakeMr Hoppy loves Mrs Silver.Mrs Silver loves Alfie the tortoise.Sometimes Mr Hoppy wishes he could become a tortoise.Until one day he finds a way to win Mrs Silver''s heart, with the help of some magic, and some cabbage . . .

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Book SynopsisPuffin Audiobooks presents two volumes of beastly poetry by Roald Dahl, complete and unabridged and raucously read by Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Mangan, and Tamsin Greig. The audiobook contains original music.In Revolting Rhymes, you can think again if you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy tales. Here are six of the best known retold, with more than a twist or two, by the master of the comic and the blood-curdling.In Dirty Beasts we meet a ghastly menagerie of wonderfully comic animals that can only have been invented by Roald Dahl. There is the toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and many more. Snigger, titter and laugh at their antics in this collection of irreverent and absurdly comic verse!Listen to other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steve

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Book SynopsisOn a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them?

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Book SynopsisRoald Dahl''s much-loved story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka''s amazing chocolate factory is turned into a play for children to act. With tips about scenery, props and lighting, the play is easy to stage and there are lots of parts for everyone.Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children''s writers, died in 1990 but his books continue to be bestsellers.Richard George was an elementary school teacher in New York when he wrote this stage adaptation of Roald Dahl''s bestselling story - and Roald Dahl himself recommended that it should be published.

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Book SynopsisDANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD by Roald Dahl - brilliantly adapted into a stage play for children to perform in schools. Could you be Danny, or his dad, or even red-faced Mr Victor Hazell? Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Now you can join in their daring and devilish plots with these fun-to-perform plays adapted by David Wood.David Wood is very well known in children''s theatre (most recently for Goodnight Mister Tom).Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children''s writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and worldwide book sales are over 100 million!

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Book SynopsisFANTASTIC MR FOX by Roald Dahl - a short dramatization by Sally Reid - perfect for schools - of Dahl''s immensely popular story for younger readers in which clever Mr Fox outwits the three nasty farmers: Boggis. Bunce and Bean. An excellent adaptation by Sally Reid, with staging advice on props, lighting and scenery at the end of the book.Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children''s writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and worldwide booksales are over 100 million!

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Book SynopsisTHE WITCHES by Roald Dahl adapted for school plays. Dare you take on the role of the Grand High Witch?Children will have a splendiferous time - and their friends won''t believe their gogglers!Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children''s writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and worldwide booksales are over 100 million!

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Book SynopsisPenguin presents a phizz-wizzing treat for the ears with 2 favourite Roald Dahl stories:Billy and the Minpins by Roald Dahl, read by Bill BaileyBilly''s mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore thedark forest beyond. So, one day, that''s exactly what he does! There he meetsthe Minpins, tiny tree-dwelling people whose children are the size ofmatchsticks. They live in fear of the terrible, galloping GRUNCHER. Will itgobble Billy too - or can he find a way to defeat the hungry beast?The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, read by Kate WinsletEvery Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it''s made her so angry she''s PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL. And very strange things have begun to happen . . .Listen to Billy and the Minpins AND The Magic Finger and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous v

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Book Synopsis''We are the music makers ... we are the dreamers of dreams''This new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates fifty years of the bestselling and beloved classic. The story of Charlie Bucket, a mysterious, eccentric chocolate factory owner and the golden ticket that transforms his existence is a masterpiece of exuberant invention, nonsense, fantasy and dark morality tale; both delightful and cruel.Trade ReviewI responded to it because it respected the fact that children can be adults * Tim Burton *

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Book SynopsisThe funny, exciting and warm story of a special friendship between the BIG FRIENDLY GIANT and the little girl, Sophie. Luckily for Sophie, who has been snatched from her bed by the BFG, she discovers that the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They guzzle and swallow nice little children across the world. So together Sophie and the BFG cook up an ingenious plan to rid the world of the child-eating giants for ever! Wonderfully brought to life in the fantastic dramatization for PUFFIN AUDIOBOOKS!

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Book SynopsisWilly Wonka''s famous chocolate factory is opening at last!But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland. —The New York Times 

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Book SynopsisRoald Dahl fans will rejoice at the opportunity to bring their favorite books and characters to life. Five of Dahl’s hugely popular, beloved books have been adapted into winning plays for children. With useful tips on staging, props, and costumes, these plays can be produced with a minimum amount of resources and experience. Teachers, parents, and children everywhere will recognize Quentin Blake’s appealing classic cover art and will find these easy-to-perform plays to be a great source of entertainment!

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Book SynopsisFrom the World's No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeAfter James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins! Roald Dahl is the author of numerous classic children’s stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more!  “Ja

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Book SynopsisLittle Billy strays into the forest, where he meets the Minpins?tiny people who live within the trees. The Minpins tell Billy about The Gruncher, who preys on them. So Billy embarks on a mission to rid the Minpins of their foe once and for all, and sets off?on the back of a swan?to confront The Gruncher.

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Book SynopsisDid you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales, complete with rambunctious rhymes and hilarious surprise endings.

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Book SynopsisA dazzling volume containing two classic Roald Dahl novels! Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka have been children's favorites for generations. Now their two books are available in one stunning edition! In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory are opening at last . . . and only five children will be allowed inside. And then in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Charlie and Willy Wonka are back in a fantastic journey to outer space.

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