Roald Dahl

A collection of ribald rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes – as you've never seen them before! From the tortoise and the hare and Hansel and Gretel to Ali Baba and Aladdin, these traditional stories will never seem the same again once you have had a taste of Roald Dahl's hilarious verse and Quentin Blake's suitably lively illustrations.

A new edition of the famous Dahl story of Charlie Bucket and his Golden Ticket, and Willy Wonka and his amazing chocolate factory. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator together in a single bumper volume, with a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section about Roald Dahl.

The second part of Roald Dahl's remarkable life story, following on from Boy, tells of his time working in Africa and his wartime exploits. This edition has a great new cover with illustrations by Quentin Blake, and some new facts about Roald Dahl and his world.

The giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around. This edition has some new facts about Roald Dahl, and a great new cover featuring Quentin Blake's illustrations.

The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family. Like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section of facts about Roald Dahl.

Roald Dahl's life was as bizarre, exciting and funny as the stories he wrote, and here is the whole of his own extraordinary autobiography in one volume. With a new Quentin Blake cover and a whole new end section of fascinating facts about Roald Dahl.

The wonderful warm-hearted story of Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver and the tortoise who brings them together. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover as well as some new biographical facts about Roald Dahl.

The Enormous Crocodile is very greedy and loves eating children! But the other animals plan to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new author biography. The illustrations are in colour throughout.

Six of the best-loved nursery tales, retold with surprising and sometimes disgusting twists! Wicked beasts, brazen crooks and a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with BITE.

This is the story of a little girl with magical powers. When someone makes her angry she zaps a punishment on them with her magic flashing finger! This edition has a great new cover, with illustrations by Quentin Blake, and some new facts about Roald Dahl and his world.

Exuberant rhymes are an intrinsic part of the appeal of Roald Dahl's books — and here are some classic and magical moments from the books, together with some previously unpublished treats. There are seven themed sections bursting with monsters, ghastly children, magical creatures, unpleasant adults and a few surprises. Songs and Verse is illustrated by Quentin Blake, as well as leading artists such as Babette Cole, Lauren Child, Chris Riddell and Tony Ross. This book includes a foreword by Quentin Blake.

Qui pourrait croire que derrière cette paisible ménagère, si tendre et si attentionnée avec son mari, se cache une terrible meurtrière? Et cette logeuse débordante d'amabilité et de gentillesse, comment ne pas lui faire confiance? Mais attention! Les apparences sont parfois trompeuses... Voici quatre histoires à l'humour plutôt macabre dont la lecture vous fera frémir! Rires et grincements de dents... Roald Dahl est un maître incontesté dans l'art du suspense et du frisson. Emotions assurées!

A l'âge de cinq ans, Matilda sait lire et a dévoré tous les classiques de la littérature. Pourtant, son existence est loin d'être facile, entre une mère indifférente, abrutie par la télévision et un père d'une franche malhonnêteté. Sans oublier Mlle Legourdin, la directrice de l'école, personnage redoutable qui voue à tous les enfants une haine implacable. Sous la plume acerbe et tendre de Roald Dahl, les événements se précipitent, étranges, terribles, hilarants. Une vision décapante du monde des adultes!

Que se passe-t-il quand on attrape une ratite? Et quand on simule une crise d'appendicite? Avez-vous jamais fumé du tabac de chèvre? Vous a-t-on déjà affublé d'un costume qui vous donne l'air d'un employé des pompes funèbres pour vous rendre à l'école? A travers le récit de ses aventures, découvrez un jeune Roald Dahl qui ressemble étonnamment aux héros de ses livres! Roald Dahl se souvient avec tendresse de ses années d'enfance riches d'aventures et d'émotions et les raconte avec un humour inimitable.

A new edition of this hugely popular story of James and his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends. Great new Quentin Blake cover and new author biography.

In this award-winning Dahl title Matilda invents a game of punishing her parents when they treat her badly. She soon discovers that she has supernatural powers. New Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

A book about 'real witches' — the ones that absolutely loathe children and are always plotting to get rid of them. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

It's a Roald Dahl extravaganza! Interesting diseases, the most heroic animals, beards, disguises, quizzes and pirates – yes, it's a second fun-filled collection of facts, activities and jokes to celebrate Roald Dahl Day! Dahlmanac 2 is jam-packed with treats — some disgusting, some delicious — stuff that EVERY Roald Dahl fan should know! With black and white illustrations by Quentin Blake and inspired by Roald Dahl's love of odd facts and curiosities, this is the perfect book to dip into for a quick chuckle – and it contains some long-forgotten writing from Roald Dahl!

A new edition of the well-loved story of Danny and his father who outwit their greedy, rich neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell. With a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the meanest three farmers you could meet. They are determined to get Mr Fox — but he has other plans! This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and new author biography.

New edition, with fresh Quentin Blake cover, of the superb sequel to the ever-popular CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

Four stories of seduction and suspense from the pen of the master magician, each with a wicked sting in the tail ... «The Visitor» and «Bitch» are extracts from the diaries of the notorious Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, hedonist beyond compare. Uncle Oswald's exploits are as extraordinary as they are scandalous, as these two tales of sex and intrigue confirm in vivid and hilarious detail. The delicious thrill of sexual expectation — and its sometimes maddening effects — are explored in «The Great Switcheroo» and «The Last Act»; here the power of desire is a double-edged sword, both pleasurable and potentially catastrophic. Lust, triumph, the galling deflation of defeat: Roald Dahl captures it all in these superbly taut black comedies of human weakness and unexpected reversal.

The seven stories in this collection are brilliant examples of the bizarre and the wholly unexpected world that Roald Dahl, 'that great magician' (Spectator), made his own. It includes not only the trademark dark humour and otherworldly goings-on of «The Swan» and «The Boy Who Talked With Animals», but a fascinating short essay on how he started writing, his first ever story, «A Piece of Cake», and the delightfully surprising title tale of a rich young idler who develops a most remarkable ability. Reading them, you'll find that people are far stranger than even you suspected ...