Roald Dahl
2) Matilda
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English
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This collectable hardcover edition will feature a beautiful cover and deluxe packaging, including blue interior text and illustrations! From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of girl with extraordinary abilities. Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror...
3) The witches
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English
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A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
4) Esio Trot
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Pub. Date
1990.
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English
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Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
8) The Twits
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Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
9) Rhyme stew
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Pub. Date
1990.
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English
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An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.
11) Animal sounds
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Roar and oink your animal sounds with Roald Dahl! From monkeys to lions, this board book is a great way to teach our littlest readers the silly sounds that animals make. With art by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl's classic books, this book is perfect for libraries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child's bookshelf.
12) Boy
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and adventures at an English boarding school.
Pub. Date
[1996]
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English
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When James accidentally spills some magic crocodile tongues near an old peach tree, one of the peaches grows as huge as a house. James discovers a secret entranceway into this peach, where he befriends the insects that live inside of it. When the stem snaps off of the tree, the peach starts rolling away, and James and his friends begin to have exciting adventures.
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.
19) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...