Roald Dahl
1) 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...
2) The witches
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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...
6) 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.
Author
Series
Language
English
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.
9) The Minpins
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st American ed
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
10) Kiss, kiss
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1960 [c1959]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
308 p. 20 cm.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
296 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
14) 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.
16) Boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family. Like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section of facts about Roald Dahl.
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Bks
Pub. Date
1993, c1974
Physical Desc
x, 682 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This volume is a diabolical collection of 28 of Dahl's best stories. Shiver to classics like The Man From the South, Taste, Royal Jelly and The Great Switcheroo and hard-to-find gems like Poison, The Wish and Neck. (from Barnes and Noble)
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Twits: The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
The minpins: Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
The magic finger: Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.