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Quentin Blake
A collection of traditional rhymes. It lets you meet Handy spandy (Jack a Dandy), Jack Sprat, Gregory Griggs (with twenty-seven wigs), Terence McDiddler the three-stringer fiddler, and more.
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum.
Those who don't believe…
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'Don't you worry about…
Shh! Listen! What is…
'The greatest moment of…
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What should it be…
I think our loving…
'I have secret plans…
'No book ever ends…
As far as children…
However small the chance…
'We is in Dream…
We all have our…
My father, without the…
'I've got it! Come…
It was truly the…
'We are now about…
Ah-ha, you see, the…
Last week, something very…
Mr Twit was a…
'There is some kind…
Contains: All Join In ; Quentin Blake’s Nursery Rhyme Book ; Patrick ; Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets ; Mister Magnolia ; Quentin Blake’s ABC ; Cockatoos ; Angel Pavement ; and…
Presents Nursery Rhyme Book. This book is for young children to get grips with their alphabet. It contains rhyming text and illustrations.
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Charles Dickens, Quentin Blake
Illustrated by one of the most popular artists working today. Quentin Blake's A Christmas Carol is a beautiful edition of the timeless Christmas classic. A great gift for the season…
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Claudia Zeff
A portfolio of new, unpublished work by Quentin Blake, completed by the artist during the lockdowns of 2020-21.
A whole book of Matilda stickers and puzzles!
Crack Mr Wormwood’s secret code, guide Matilda to Miss Honey’s house and find the Trunchbull’s meanest words! Matilda is one of Roald…
Ars Armitage arrives on the beach with her surfboard and her faithful dog Breakspear, and paddles out to sea to wait for the Big Wave. And when the Big Wave…
One day they decided to walk on the cliffs and it starts to rain. They explore for a bit, and even meet a parrot, but there are no sign of…
Simpkin is a mass of contradictions. He can be naughty and nice; fast and slow; thin and fat and sensible and silly - ALL at the same time! And when…
Mrs Armitage sets off for a quiet cycle with her faithful dog, Breakspear, but she just can’t help thinking of ways to improve her bicycle. And by the time she…
In this story, readers can join the madcap Mrs Armitage and her dog Breakspear on their third outlandish adventure.
Mr Magnolia has only one boot. He has an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot - And two lovely sisters who play on the flute - But Mr Magnolia has only…
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Angelica Sprocket lives next door. Her overcoat has pockets galore! And you’ll never guess what’s in them… Prepare to be surprised, thrilled and tickled pink by Angelica Sprocket’s never-ending pockets…
A collection of animal rhymes featuring grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion.
As a young man, Roald Dahl’s adventures took him from London to East Africa, until the Second World War began and he became a RAF pilot. This title features stories…
Russell Hoban
Originally published by Farrar Straus Giroux in 1987.
"Celebrate Easter with this gloriumptious lift-the-flap board book! Inspired by the wonderful world of Roald Dahl, this rhyming board book has flips filled with delumptious fun and shiny eggs inside!"--
Wondering what happened to the other children who toured the chocolate factory with Charlie? Find out in this reader featuring a mini story perfect for Dahl fans.
Curious about the connections between Matilda and Miss Agatha Trunchbull? Discover more in this reader featuring a mini story perfect for Dahl fans!
Matilda Wormwood had always been an extraordinary…
The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if…
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"First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972"--Title page verso.
A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl’s classic story, in glorious full colour for the first time.
Illustrated for the first time in full colour by Quentin Blake.
Danny lives…
Matilda’s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda’s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she’s the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten…
Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it’s made her so angry she’s put…
Filled with revolting rhymes, this title features poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads; Snow White’s dwarfs although awfully nice, are guilty…
Presented in a box set, this collection includes James and the Giant Peach , Fantastic Mr Fox , The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me , The Magic Finger and…
Starring the Enormous Crocodile, this is a counting book with BITE!
Count from 1 to 10 with the Enormous Crocodile!
With one big flap and an ENORMOUS surprise, this sturdy…
What does a giant’s foot feel like? How about a rotten egg, or a bumpy crocodile? Find out in this book that’s full of the most REVOLTING things to touch…