Roald Dahl

Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after. Narraciones humorísticas en verso de seis cuentos de hadas bien conocidos que ofrecen los finales sorpresivos en lugar de la tradicional vivieron felices para siempre después.

An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.

An illustrated collection of recipes inspired by the stories of Roald Dahl.

This is not an ordinary dictionary. After all, you wouldn't expect a Roald Dahl Dictionary to be ordinary, would you? Only really interesting words are allowed in this dictionary. All the words which Roald Dahl invented are here, plus the names of Roald Dahl's characters and places. You will also find words that are important in Roald Dahl's world. Finally, some words are simply here just for fun. Presents an illustrated English dictionary with rhyming...

La continuación de Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate cuenta las aventuras de la familia Bucket a bordo de un ascensor que los eleva hasta el espacio exterior, donde son perseguidos por criaturas peligrosas y otras sorpresas. Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator. Mr. Willy Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie...

Describes how a British plowman unearthed a collection of Roman silver in the 1940s and the events that followed this tremendous discovery.

"Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything--except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge."--Back cover.

A revealing collection of personal letters written by the iconic author to his mother details his early childhood milestones, travels to Africa, Royal Air Force service, work in Washington D.C., literary achievements, and rise in Hollywood. Roald Dahl penned his first letter to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, when he was just nine years old. The origins of a brilliantly funny, subversive, creative mind were evident in boarding school, and as he entered...

Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief--it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox--Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now.