Un dels grans perosnatges de Rolad Dahl
Matilda és una nena prodigi, molt intel·ligent i sensible. Abans de complir cinc anys, ja havia llegit Dickens i Hemingway, Kipling i Steinbeck, i els seus pa
During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot''s daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next.
Una historia fantàstica de Roald DahlMoltes velles són amables i s'ho passen molt be menjant pastissos de crema. L'àvia d'en Jordi, no: sempre està rondinant, renya constantment el seu net i te els c
Going Solo tells of how, when he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa and a series of dangerous and daring adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, read all about Roald Dahl''s life before becoming the world''s number one storyteller. This book is full of exciting and stange things - some funny, some frightening, all true.
The story of an unusual little girl who has magical powers. When someone makes her angry she zaps a punishment on them with her magic, flashing finger!
Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) Roald Dahl is the master of the unexpected. Things are not always what they seem and nobody should be trusted. In this collection of his short stories we learn some strange lessons about the dangerous world we live in. But you will have to wait until the final pages of each story to discover the last, terrible twist
Charlie Bucket thinks he's the luckiest boy alive when he unwraps one of Willy Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights to find the last golden ticket. He wins an amazing tour of Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory, along with four other winners. It's a tour of a lifetime that changes his life beyond belief!
Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) In this collection of Roald Dahls finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure he can hear plants scream and the wife who discovers a perfect way to get rid of her husband. And theres a woman who finds an unusual use for a leg of lamb
El indiscutible talento de uno de los escritores más ágiles y chispeantes, un clásico de la literatura juvenil cada vez más apreciado por los adultos, aparece reflejado en estas trece sorprendentes historias Con gran agudeza y sarcasmo, entreverando lo comico y lo grotesco, el autor habla de la guerra, la privacion de la libertad, la politica o la violencia, asuntos habitualmente soslayados en los libros dirigidos a jovenes... En este, el humor, la ironia y la imaginacion se mezclan sabiamente para crear situaciones y personajes inolvidables
This is 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 abo
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.
En el conte d E. F. Benson trobem el terror en el metro de Londres; en el de Richard Middleton, a lautopista de Brighton; en el noruec Jonas Lie, en una salvatge tempesta marina; i en el de Rosemary Timperley, enmig de roses blanques i la claror del sol. El fantasma de L. P. Hartley es comunica per mitja de postals sinistres; el de Mary Treadgold, per telefon; i el de Robert Aickman, amb un maremagnum de campanes desglesia... mentre que lespectre de Sheridan Le Fanu no pot parar de picar a la finestra, ja que no es mes que una ma fantasma.
Una particular revisión de cuentos clásicos en la que Cenicienta acaba "casada con un señor que hacía mermelada", Blanca Nieves hace autostop, los tres osos se comen a Rizos de Oro y Caperucita Roja se hace un abrigo con el lobo y… ¡con los tres cerditos! Un libro divertidísimo de un autor muy querido por los niños.
Complete and unabridged recording of this classic Dahl tale, read by actress Joely Richardson. 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.
Published to celebrate Roald Dahl Day on 13th September, this is a brand-new rejacketed edition of this popular quiz book about the world's No 1 storyteller.
Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
This is a new edition of this hugely popular story of James and his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends. It features a great new Quentin Blake cover and new author biograph
Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Bogus, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They''re the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they''ve concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr Fox has a fantastic plan of his own ...
Si poguéssiu veure-hi amb els ulls clucs… ho aprofitaríeu per fer el bé o ho utilitzaríeu en benefici propi? Això és el que Henry ha de decidir a La meravellosa història de Henry Sugar, un dels set contes reunits en aquest volum. Un nen que salva una tortuga gegant, un home que recull un autostopista molt especial i un pagès afortunat que troba un tresor fabulós són alguns altres dels personatges d'aquesta obra plena d'enginy.
