Roald Dahl

Matilda

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way, in the beloved story that includes movie stills from the upcoming film starring Johnny Depp. Original.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The BFG is a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed one dark night. Fortunately, this giant really is friendly, but his countrymen in the land of giants are inveterate child-eaters. Can the child enlist the aid of his kidnapper in stopping the nightly massacre?

The BFG

The Witches

A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

James and the Giant Peach

The Twits

Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Puffin Modern Classics)

George's Marvellous Medicine

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

Danny the champion of the world

Esio Trot

Have you ever been angry with someone? I don't suppose you ever turned them into something! When the girl in this story gets really angry, she zaps people with her magic finger, with alarming results. Her teacher grows whiskers and a tail, and you won't believe what happens to the Greggs...they'll never be able to look at a duck in the same way again.

The Magic Finger

Going solo

Quentin Blake

A Dahl story in which the giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around.

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

An account of how the author came to be a writer and selections from his writer's notebook augment stories juxtaposing fantasy and truth, and peopled with outrageous and courageous characters.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

The Enormous Crocodile

Presents humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Revolting Rhymes

Twenty-four eerie, macabre, and sometimes hilarious short stories offer a varied sampler of the art of the surprise ending

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected

Eleven Devious, Shocking Stories from the Master of the Unpredictable. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a pricelass piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? In these dark, dangerous stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning, sly, selfish part of each of us that leads into the territory of the unexpected and unsettling. Stylish, macabre and haunting, these tales will leave you with a delicious feeling of unease.

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