Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? This book features thirteen of the author's most unexpected tales, offering young readers a suitable introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius.

Contains stories such as: The Umbrella Man ; Dip in the Pool ; The Butler ; The Hitchhiker ; Mr Botibol ; My Lady Love , My Dove ; The Way Up to Heaven ; Parson's Pleasure ; The Sound Machine ; and The Wish .

Contains stories including The Landlady , William and Mary , The Way up to Heaven , Parson's Pleasures , Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat , Royal Jelly , Gregory Progy , Genesis and Catastrophe , Edwards the Conqueror , Pig and The Champion of the World .

Including a story by Terry Pratchett, a second collection of comic fantasy tales from the editor of WIZARDS OF ODD.

Contains stories that include Over To You , Someone Like You , Kiss Kiss , Switch Bitch , Madame Rosette , Man from the South , The Sound Machine , Taste , Dip in the Pool , Skin , Edwards the Conqueror , Lamb to the Slaughter , Galloping Foxley , The Way up to Heaven , Parson's Pleasure , The Landlady , and William and Mary .

This disgusterously delicious collection of recipes from the books of Roald Dahl features such dainty delights as Boiled Slobbages, Glumptious Globgobblers, Plushnuggets and many, many more. Illustrated by Quentin Blake, with photographs from Jan Baldwin, there are plenty of easy recipes to try.

These new Activity Packs are perfect for lovers of everything Roald Dahl. Each kit contains all the novelties needed to complete the activities suggested on the fully illustrated pages.

The stories are: The landlady, William and Mary, The Way up to Heaven, Parson's Pleasures, Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, Royal Jelly, Gregory Progy, Genesis and Catastrophe, Edwards the Conqueror, Pig, The Champion of the World.

Danny thinks his father is the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. But when Danny is nine, he discovers that his father has a deep, dark secret that will lead them on a dangerous and thrilling adventure.

A collection of seven short plays following the story of Roald Dahl's book in sequence. Some are for three or four actors and a couple are ideal for performance by a whole class. Full of humour, excitement and magic and true to the spirit of Dahl's work.

A new collection of Roald Dahl stories, all on a theme of country matters; they will all feature those wily characters Claud, Rummins and Bert, who appeared so memorably in Dahl's famous story, parson's pleasure. There will be seven stories in the book, including one (Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life) that has never appeared in book form before. Roald Dahl has written a new introdution, and the book will

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. One small boy and his grandmother try to prevent the terrible witches from turning all the children into mice.

Storties included: The Visor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, Bitch.

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Matilda is a clever and unusual little girl. But her parents aren't interested in her, and the terrible head teacher at her school hates clever children. But Matilda finds a way to be strong, and the results are very funny.

Boggis, Bunce and Bean are just about the nastiest and meanest three farmers you could meet. And they hate Mr Fox. So they lie in wait outside his hole, ready to shoot, starve or dig him out. But clever Mr Fox has other plans!

Join James as he escapes from his horrible aunts and sets off inside the peach on his wonderful adventures.

Roald Dahl's first-ever novel presents the scurrilous memoirs of that delightful old reprobate from switch bitch, Oswald Hendryks Cornelius - connoisseur, bon vivant, collector of spiders, scorpions, odd walking sticks, lover of opera, expert on Chinese porcelain, and without doubt the greatest fornicator of all time. In this delightful picaresque story, it is revealed how Uncle Oswald first achie

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New design for this favourite unabridged story from the grand master of storytelling. Read by Roald Dahl, himself.