Quentin Blake
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Dare you play a Halloween game? Look under each flap to find a gloriumptious treat or a disgusterous trick! Will you find a stinky snozzcumber or a pile of scrumptious sweets? This sturdy board book, full of flaps, is perfect to introduce youngsters to the fun of Halloween!
3) Clown
Author
Publisher
Red Fox
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
This story by Quentin Blake is told purely in pictures. It is about a clown toy which is thrown out, and has to entertain everybody passing by in an effort to be rescued. As soon as he finds a friend he tries to get them to save the other toys, too.
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Angie, Ollie, Simona, Mario and Eric are five fantastic friends, each of whom has an unusual ability. Disaster strikes on a day out to the countryside but, working together and combining their individual powers, the fantastic five save the day.
7) All join in
Author
Publisher
Red Fox
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
Reprint.
Language
English
Description
With 'All Join In', Quentin Blake presents a collection of fast-moving and noisy rhymes. The book is intended to be read aloud, especially in group work.
9) Matilda
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind.But her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories.And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful...
10) Esio Trot
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
Description
Mr Hoppy is in love with Mrs Silver. But she only has eyes for Alfie, her pet tortoise. How can Mr Hoppy ever compete with such a rival? He comes up with a plan to win his lady's love, but will he succeed? What's to become of Alfie?
11) Mr Stink
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he stinks. But there's more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the debut children's novel from David Walliams, co-creator and co-star of the multi-award-winning Little Britain. Dennis lives in a boring house in a boring street in a boring town. But he's about to find out that when you open your mind, life becomes anything but boring.
15) The witches
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear."This is a story about REAL WITCHES.Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people.But they are far from ORDINARY . . .The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make each and every child disappear.That is, unless one boy and his grandmother can stop her . . .
16) The BFG
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
Formats
Description
Giants are known for eating children. So when Sophie is snatched from her bed by the BFG, she fears for her life. But luckily he is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They become good friends and cook up a plan to rid the world of bad giants.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Have fun learning first words with your favourite Dahl characters in this big, bold board book! Chiddlers will have splendiferous fun learning their first words with the help of this sturdy, colourful board book. Look under the flaps to find your favourite characters and some extra gobblefunking words invented by Roald Dahl himself!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made. At the back of this edition of the classic story are facts about the story and its author.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"This table," said the man. "What about the table?" said the woman. "It's wearing me out," he said. The man makes a decision. He finds a tablewood tree, cuts it down, saws it up and makes a new table. There's nothing like a new table. This one is strong enough for elephants to dance on! But... "Where would we get the elephants?" said the woman.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
[New edition] /
Language
English
Description
Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, that's exactly what he does! There he meets the Minpins, tiny tree-dwelling people whose children are the size of matchsticks. They live in fear of the terrible, galloping gruncher. Will it gobble Billy too - or can he find a way to defeat the hungry beast?