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Boy, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake. As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop. There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's. You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off...Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. All are true. This reissue, in brand new Roald Dahl branding, includes 30 delightful line drawings by the inimitable Quentin Blake. You can listen to all of Roald Dahl's stories on Puffin Audiobooks, read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - and there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting Twit or Miss! and House of Twits inspired by the revolting Twits.

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Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. 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 one day something peculiar happens. At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and Grow and Grow. Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure. But where will they go in their Giant Peach and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way? There's only one way to find out. "A true genius...Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Now you can listen to James and the Giant Peach and other Roald Dahl Audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting Twit or Miss! and House of Twits inspired by the revolting Twits.

Roald Dahl presenta en aquest volum les catorze histories de terror que ell considera millors. En el conte d?E. F. Benson trobem el terror en el metro de Londres; en el de Richard Middleton, a l?autopista de Brighton; en el noruec Jonas Lie, en una salvatge tempesta marina; i... mentre que l?espectre de Sheridan Le Fanu no pot parar de picar a la finestra, ja que no es mes que una ma fantasma.

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!This is the wonderful and warm-hearted Roald Dahl classic, Esio Trot.Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David WalliamsAnd now you can listen to ESIO TROT ( with THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME) 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!And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World''s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!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 - they''re the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you''ve got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all of England, there''s a chance that Billy''s scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . . Now you can listen to THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME (with ESIO TROT) 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! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits."A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! 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! George knows exactly what to do. A magic medicine* it will be. One that will either cure her completely ...or blow off the top of her head. *WARNING: Do not try to make George's Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous. 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! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits. "A true genius ...Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams

A phizzwhizzing new edition in glorious full colour for the first time.Roald Dahl''s Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator in glorious full colour for the very first time!Whoosh! 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 they''re not alone. The American Space Hotel has just launched. Lurking inside are the Vernicious Knids - the most brutal, vindictive murderous beasts in the universe.So grab your gizzard! Hold your hats! Only Charlie and Willy Wonka can stop the Knids from destroying everything!

Una tranquilla mestressa de casa que ordeix el crim perfecte. Un vell tatuador arruinat a qui li plantegen una oferta tan sucosa com enverinada. Un home de negocis perfeccionista que es desespera quan un desagradable personatge li desmunta la rutina quotidiana. Un passatger dun vaixell que ho arriscara tot per guanyar una aposta impossible. A Algu com tu, Roald Dahl explora els conflictes didentitat i desplega magistralment el seu mortifer i macabre humor negre. Ho fa amb una mirada cinica, penetrant i corrosiva que ens endinsa en la part fosca de personatges quotidians que inesperadament colloca en situacions limit que els empenten a actuar duna manera imprevisible. Com ens pot passar a qualsevol de nosaltres. El mestre absolut dels relats amb final inesperat, com el va qualificar The Observer, aplega en aquest volum alguns dels relats que van formar part de la popular serie Alfred Hithcock presenta i que van triomfar tambe a ladaptacio televisiva dHistories imprevistes. Una obra amb que celebrem el centenari del naixement dun dels escriptors mes influents i estimats de tots els temps.

Mr and Mrs Twit are not very nice. In fact theyre extremely nasty. Theyre nasty to each other, and theyre VILE to everyone else.They hold a family of monkeys hostage in a cage and force them to stand on their heads. ALL THE TIME. We told you they werent very nice.Can the monkeys find a way to show those vicious Twits what for?Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahls story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh has turned The Twits upside down.This revolting revolution was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2015.

A BRAND-NEW EDITION, ILLUSTRATED BY QUENTIN BLAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME. Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, that's exactly what he does! There he meets the Minpins, tiny tree-dwelling people whose children are the size of matchsticks. They live in fear of the terrible, galloping GRUNCHER. Will it gobble Billy too - or can he find a way to defeat the hungry beast?

Never grow up, always down. Those are the wise words from the world's number one storyteller- Roald Dahl. ----- Mr Dahl has given us a lot of wit and wisdom over the years. Whether it's how good thoughts will shine out of your face like sunbeams, or that a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Now, you can keep all of Roald Dahl's wit and wisdom on you at all times in this beautiful book. With this in your back pocket, you'll always be prepared if you're ever offered snozzcumber feast, or if a certain Mr Wormwood tries to sell you a 'brand new' car. Filled with Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations, it's the perfect gift for little people growing up, and big people growing down.

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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