Quentin Blake
Author
Publisher
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Tim, Sam, and Lulu are the mischievous and naughty three little monkeys who are told each day to be good while Hilda goes off to do her errands. And each day, Hilda returns home to find a bigger mess than the day before. These mischievous monkeys will likely never learn to behave!
3) Esio Trot
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
62 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
4) The twits
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
76 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
6) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Description
Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...
9) The witches
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1994, c1985
Physical Desc
78 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family. This special collector's edition features red-colored interior text and illustrations!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and...
16) Great day for up
Author
Series
A bright and early book volume 19
Publisher
Beginner Books
Pub. Date
c1974
Physical Desc
[28] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many meanings of "up."
17) The magic finger
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1966]
Physical Desc
40 p. illus. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.
18) Matilda
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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 of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!"--Jacket.
Matilda,...
19) Vile verses
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of rhymes to celebrate some magical moments.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
61 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A practical guide to making such treats as: Willy Wonka's nutty crunch, George's marvelous medicine chicken soup, hair toffee to make hair grow on bald men, hot ice cream for cold days, candy-coated pencils for sucking in class that were featured in several of Roald Dahl's stories.