Roald Dahl
22) Wonka
Based on the major motion picture—an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor—Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time . . . proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything...
23) The Minpins
Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, he does exactly that! There Billy meets the amazing Minpins, tiny people who live inside the hollow trees.
But the Minpins are in danger. The terrible, galloping Gruncher stalks the forest, and the Minpins...
Roald Dahl's Whoppsy-Whiffling Joke Book is a collection of hundreds of great jokes that would make even the Trunchbull laugh! Inspired by Roald Dahl's wonderful world, these gigglesome gags are guaranteed to raise a chuckle from human beans young and old.
CONTENT NOTE: The jokes in this book may cause reader to become the embodiment...
To celebrate the Roald Dahl centenary, we've translated one of Dahl's best-loved books into Scots for the very first time. And with the Spielberg movie also coming out this summer, this addition to Dahl Scots will be hugely popular, taking a new look at a hugely popular modern classic.
I is the GUID FREENDLY GIANT!I is the GFG.
Ae nicht, sophy is wheeched fae her bed in the orphanage by the muckle haund o a giant. Lucky for her, it belangs
...28) Hexen hexen
Hexen hassen Kinder. Hexen finden, dass Kinder stinken wie frische Hundekacke. Und jetzt plant die Hexengroßmeisterin, alle Kinder in Mäuse zu verwandeln. Kann irgend jemand sie aufhalten? Dies ist die Geschichte eines sehr kleinen, sehr mutigen Helden, dem genau das gelang!
»Ich war noch keine acht Jahre alt, da hatte ich selber nacheinander zwei Begegnungen mit Hexen. Aus der ersten ging ich unversehrt hervor,
...GEORDIE'S GRANNIE
WIS A GRABBIE CRABBIT
AULD WUMMAN WI
peeliewally broon teeth and
WEE SNIRKIT-UP
MOOTH like a
DUG'S BAHOOKIE.
As far as she's concerned, Geordie can do nothing right. But when it's time for him to give her a dose of her daily medicine, Geordie decides to mix up a concoction from his own recipe, with astonishing results! Sit back and watch what happens when
...Weel, MA DEARIE, WHIT'LL
IT BE THIS TIME? A SONSIE
fat chookie fae Boggin? A DEUK or a
GOOSE fae Boonce? Or a
braw BUBBLY JOCK fae BEEK?
Mr Tod needs to feed his family, but fermers Boggin, Boonce and Beek are as grippy as ony men ye could meet. And so the scene is set for a muckle battle between the tremendous tods and the scunnersome fermers. Read James Robertson's braw translation
...Mr Eejit wis AN EEJIT
HE WIS BOARN AN EEJIT
AND NOO AT THE
GRAUND AULD AGE O SIXTY,
HE WIS A
BIGGER
EEJIT THAN EVER.
In The Twits, Roald Dahl's story about the world's most revolting couple, Mr Twit was horrible and hairy and his wife Mrs Twit was just plain ugly. Now they are honkin, maukit, bowfin and clarty and Mrs Eejit's hackitness is revealed in all its manky glory. Read Matthew
...FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they...
36) Shapes
37) Words
THE TWITS
How do you outwit a Twit?
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds...