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(0)Roald Dahl
1) The witches
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This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children.
2) Matilda
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British Library cover celebrating 30 years of the story of a young genius girl develops who psychic powers and uses them to get revenge on her parents and terrifying headteacher.
5) The BFG
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A young orphan girl is taken to a land of giants by a gentle giant and plans to stop other giants eating children.
6) The Twits
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Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch a plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve. This is a tale with an ingenious twist, perfectly complemented with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
10) Fantastic Mr Fox
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Puffin
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Three mean farmers try unsuccessfully to trap the cunning Mr Fox .
11) Revolting rhymes
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Puffin
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This is a collection of comic and often gory versions of popular fairy tales. Meet Cinderella, a young woman who wants to marry a nice ordinary man; and Goldilocks, that house-breaker who gobbles up your porridge and then breaks up the Chippendale.
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Puffin
Pub. Date
2018
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Illustrated for the first time in full colour by Quentin Blake. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life - so long as they don't get caught ...
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Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
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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? In BOY you'll find out why he and his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop. He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's and he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off. Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters...
15) Esio Trot
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Mr Hoppy tries to win the heart of his neighbour Mrs Silver by helping her with her tortoise .
18) The magic finger
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Puffin
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Large format, full colour edition of the story about a girl with an unusual ability; when she gets angry with someone she zaps a punishment on them with her magic flashing finger.
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Puffin
Pub. Date
2017
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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?.
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Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
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Roald Dahl's wickedly funny novels have turned him into the world's number 1 storyteller. In this collection five splendiferous stories are brought to life by the author himself. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Abridged) Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! James and the Giant Peach (Abridged) A little magic can take you a long way Fantastic Mr. Fox (Unabridged) Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox! The Enormous Crocodile (Unabridged)...