A timeless classic with over 2 million copies sold! Matilda's incredible strength and determination have made her an enduring favorite character and have inspired the classic 1996 film, a Tony-Award winning Broadway musical, and a Netflix musical adaptation.Meet Matilda! She has phenomenal powers perfect for taking on terrible teachers. Young readers discovering the worlds of Roald Dahl for the first time can dive right into this exciting introduction!This ...

Meet Willy Wonka—the inventor behind the most fantastic and unusual chocolate factory in the world! Wonka's over-the-top enthusiasm and wonky ways have captivated fans for generations. He has been portrayed on screen many times, perhaps most notably by Gene Wilder in the classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film and by Timothée Chalamet in Wonka.Meet Willy Wonka! This fantastic inventor whips up all the most incredible treats in his chocolate...

The ultimate treasury of Michael Rosen's best-loved poems, brought together for the first time in one beautifully illustrated collection.Celebrate the very best of Michael Rosen in a gorgeous gift edition illustrated by a selection of award-winning artists. This collection brings together for the first time popular poems such as "Chocolate Cake", "Hot Food" and "No Breathing in Class!". From the hilarious to the heart-warming, Michael's poems about childhood, family and friendships...

A BRAND-NEW EDITION IN GLORIOUS FULL-COLOUR!Our tour is about to begin. Please don't wander off. Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings . . .Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero.The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called:Augustus...

"To pay Mrs Twit back for the worms in his spaghetti, Mr Twit thought up a really clever, nasty trick . . ."Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man who always has bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is scheming and sly and always thinking of the next horrible trick to play on her husband.The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden.

'Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.'On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them?

Phizzwhizzing new branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! The classic Roald Dahl story with fantabulous full-colour illustrations!The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. This foul fiend - the greediest croc in the whole river - wants to eat something juicy and delicious. His teeth sparkle like knives in the sun and he's getting hungrier and hungrier. But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up?Beware - he's loo...

Roald Dahl's much-loved Matilda, now with Quentin Blake's original illustrations in full colour.Matilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab. 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 and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough. So all...

The classic Roald Dahl story with phizz-whizzing full-colour illustrations by Quentin Blake.Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye.Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet.Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer, because the monkeys are planning to tr...

Read about all your favorite Roald Dahl characters in five minutes or less!Five stories to read in five minutes—scrumdiddlyumptious!From Charlie discovering the chocolate factory to James and his adventures aboard the giant peach, young readers can dive into these specially adapted versions of Roald Dahl's classic stories, all featuring Quentin Blake's wonderful art!

"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 ...

Mr Stink, from Children's author David Walliams."Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well…”It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.Now Chloe's got to make sure no one finds out her secret. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink tha...