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Roald Dahl
An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James’ parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker…
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Roald Dahl wasn’t always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up? This is his autobiography.
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Meant to be read over and over again, this rhyming board book celebrates the brilliance of dads everywhere.
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What do you get if you add 25 and 917, then subtract 765 and divide the answer by 33?
A headache. (Unless you're Matilda!)
Matilda's Jokes for Awesome Kids would…
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David Walliams
The sparkling debut children’s novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country, with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books.
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The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country - beautifully illustrated…
Dr. Seuss
Two beloved giants of children’s books - Dr. Seuss and Quentin Blake - come together for this joyous celebration of life.
Features jokes, limericks, riddles, Knock knock and Doctor, doctor. This book is suitable for young children, specially themed around characters such as Charlie, George, The BFG, Matilda, James and many…
The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if…
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"First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972"--Title page verso.
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A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl’s classic story, in glorious full colour for the first time.
Illustrated for the first time in full colour by Quentin Blake.
Danny lives…
The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. This foul fiend - the greediest croc in the whole river - wants to eat something juicy and delicious…
Billy’s biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside -…
Boggis is a fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens. Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper. Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only…
George Kranky’s Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum…
Every 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…
Filled with revolting rhymes, this title features poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads; Snow White’s dwarfs although awfully nice, are guilty…
Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not…
Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents. Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers. But Matilda will show these…
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Charlie longs to see inside Mr Willy Wonka’s enormous chocolate factory. Now Mr Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate…
The author was born in Wales in 1916. He was educated in England before going to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. With the outbreak of World War…
On 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…
A brand new edition, illustrated in glorious full colour by Quentin Blake for the first time.
A BRAND-NEW EDITION, ILLUSTRATED IN GLORIOUS FULL COLOUR BY QUENTIN BLAKE FOR THE FIRST…
Starring the Enormous Crocodile, this is a counting book with BITE!
Count from 1 to 10 with the Enormous Crocodile!
With one big flap and an ENORMOUS surprise, this sturdy…
What does a giant’s foot feel like? How about a rotten egg, or a bumpy crocodile? Find out in this book that’s full of the most REVOLTING things to touch…
Lift the flaps of this sturdy board book to play a gloriumptious game of hide and seek!
It’s time for a gloriumptious game of hide and seek with Roald Dahl!
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Learn all about emotions with your favourite Roald Dahl characters!
Feelings are funny things. We all have different ones every day! Don't bottle up a feeling. It can help you…
The film tie-in edition of the original Matilda story.
These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message- you are not alone.
Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical…
A very special edition of the original Matilda story
These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message - you are not alone.
Matilda is a brilliant child with a…
Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world and he's given five children golden tickets to visit his famous chocolate factory.
James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching. He’s very lonely until…
The BFG is a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed one dark night. Fortunately, he really is friendly, but his countrymen in the Land of Giants…
Mr Fox lives on a hill under a huge tree with his family, and helps himself to chickens and turkeys from the local farms. This tape tell the story of…
George simply has to do something about his miserable old grandmother. She is always grouching and has the nastiest eating habits in the world. Most old ladies like to eat…
The story of the giraffe, the pelican and the monkey who set up the most fantastic window cleaning company that ever was!
The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look.
High 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…
Billy’s mum says he must never go out…
Every 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…
Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory. They can see the whole world below them, but…
A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight…
I bet you think you know this story. You don’t. The real one’s much more gory. From Jack in the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Little Red Riding…
A big, bold board book packed with 100 essential words, plus some extra silly gobblefunking words created by Roald Dahl himself!
Mr and Mrs Twit are truly revolting. They play horrible tricks on each other. They never wash, they trap birds for Bird Pie and they hate children. So the Muggle-Wump…
