Roald Dahl
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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During the Battle of Britain, a British World War II fighter pilot, Gus, looks on the wing of his plane only to see a little man, no more than six inches tall, drilling a hole in the plane's wing, and he becomes the first man to ever see a gremlin.
26) Rhyme stew
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
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Description
An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.
28) Vile verses
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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A collection of rhymes to celebrate some magical moments.
29) The Twits
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Series
Pub. Date
[between 1990-1999?]
Language
Español
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A wildly imaginative tale about a little boy who journeys to a wondrous city "where dreams come true", based on the book by Roald Dahl.
Prueba un poco de la deliciosa Edición Especial de JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH de Disney, con las voces de Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon y Jane Leeves. Cuando el joven James descubre un durazno tan grande como una casa, él parte en esta emocionante y mágica odisea del equipo creativo que hizo tantas travesuras...
32) ABC
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Learn the alphabet with Roald Dahl, the World s No. 1 Storyteller! This deluxe board book is the perfect way to learn the alphabet. Featuring beloved art created by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl s classic books, this is perfect for libraries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child s bookshelf.
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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.
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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...
36) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
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.
38) Flight or fright
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson,...
39) The Witches
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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The tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe, undercover, to carry out her nefarious...
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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 fifteen years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.