Danny is brought up by his father, who's a great storyteller and a genius with cars and kites. He's also a poacher, and with Danny's help he catches more pheasants than anyone else in the history of poaching.

"Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! 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...

The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls. But the other animals have had enough of his cunning tricks, so they scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!

Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

A collection of humorous poems about amazing or nasty creatures, including a flying cow, a pig who turns the tables on a farmer, and crocodiles, lions, and anteaters who delight in devouring people.

Presents selections from the writings of English author Roald Dahl, with over fifty stories, rhymes, memoirs, letters, and poems arranged by theme.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller!
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...

Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
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...

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

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