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  • David Walliams: The Midnight Gang

    When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children’s ward… But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heartwarming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward – and on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship and magic – and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone.

    ISBN: 9780008164621

    $20.90
  • David Walliams: Grandpa’s Great Escape

    The hotly-anticipated next novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams

    Jack’s Grandpa…

    wears his slippers to the supermarket
    serves up tinned tongue for dinner
    and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name

    But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…

    An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa – this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart. Illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross

    ISBN: 9780008183424

    $17.90
  • David Walliams: Awful Auntie

    From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure

    Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her sleeve…

    ISBN: 9780007453627

    $17.90
  • Roald Dahl: Matilda

    *A very special edition, celebrating everyone’s favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up*

    ‘A true genius – Roald Dahl is my hero’ – David Walliams

    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 Trunchball is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up.

    Now it’s time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . .

    This very special version of Matilda includes writing tips to tell your OWN story, and pull-out-and-keep grown up Matilda illustrations to inspire you to think big, big, BIG!

    ISBN: 9780241558317

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: Matilda (FTI)

    The film tie-in edition of the original Matilda story.

    These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.

    Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind.

    Her parents have decided she is a waste of space. And her headmistress Miss Trunchball is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up.

    But it’s time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . .

    With a foreword from Emma Thompson!

    ISBN: 9780241558300

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: Danny the Champion of the World

    “A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky”

    Danny has the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had. He can repair any car or machine that people bring to him, loves going on adventures with Danny and tells him incredible stories around the stove in the cozy caravan they call home.

    The land around them belongs to Mr Hazell, a rich bully who NOBODY likes, not one-little bit. So, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give Mr Hazell the greatest shock of his life.

    But can they pull off this level of mischief-making without getting caught…?

    The text in this edition of Danny the Champion of the World was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

    ISBN: 9780241558515

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look for this iconic story by the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world and he’s given five children golden tickets to visit his famous chocolate factory.

    Augustus Gloop – a great big greedy nincompoop. Veruca Salt – a spoiled brat. Violet Beauregarde – a repulsive little gum-chewer. Mike Teavee – a TV addict.

    And Charlie Bucket – the hero of the story!

    But what mysterious secrets will they discover inside?

    ISBN: 9780241558324

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

    ‘Did we go too far?’ Charlie asked.’Too far?’ cried Mr Wonka. ‘Of course we went too far! We’ve gone into orbit!’WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory.They can see the whole world below them, but they’re not alone. The American Space Hotel has also just launched. Lurking inside are the Vermicious Knids – the most brutal beasts in the universe!Can Charlie and Willy Wonka stop them from destroying everything?

    ISBN: 9780241568705

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach

    “Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER.”

    James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.

    James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.

    Life isn’t much fun at all, until something peculiar happens at the bottom of his garden . . .

    A peach at the very top of a tree begins to grow . . . and grow . . . and GROW! Inside are seven very unusual insects – all waiting to take James on a magical journey.

    The text in this edition of James and the Giant Peach was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

    ISBN: 9780241558331

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: The Witches

    “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 . . .

    The text in this edition of The Witches was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

    ISBN: 9780241578179

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: The BFG

    “Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.”

    One dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant!

    Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant (the BFG), who is no ordinary bone-crunching giant, but instead prefers snozzcumbers and frobscottle to children.

    But there are other giants in Giant Country. And those giants have a plan to gallop far and wide to find some tasty human beans to eat.

    Can Sophie and the BFG stop them?

    The text in this edition of The BFG was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

    ISBN: 9780241558348

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: The BFG (FTI)

    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?

    ISBN: 9780141361321

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: George’s Marvellous Medicine

    “The rule would be this: whatever George saw, if it was runny or powdery or gooey, in it went . . .”

    George Kranky’s grandma is a grouch. She’s always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either).

    One day, when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wonders if he can come up with his own remedy to try and help Grandma become less of a grump.

    Using some rather unusual ingredients, George creates his magic medicine*. But will it stop his grandma from being so horrible . . . or will it shoot sparks out of the top of her head?!

    ISBN: 9780241558485

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: How to Avoid Witches

    Inspired by Roald Dahl’s spine-tingling story The Witches, we present the ultimate guide to witch-spotting, stuffed with fun activities, stories, jokes and more! Witches are hiding everywhere in plain sight and want to rid the world of smelly children like YOU! ‘For all you know, a witch might be living next door to you right now . . .’ It’s tricky to spot them because they look so ORDINARY. They have ORDINARY jobs, live in ORDINARY houses and wear ORDINARY clothes. That’s what makes them so hard to catch . . . This book is the ultimate guide to bringing down witch-kind, packed with activities, extracts from the original story, games and bonus material.

    ISBN: 9780241461792

    $14.90
  • Roald Dahl: The twits

    The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look.

    ‘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 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.

    But not for much longer! Because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits to escape and stop the horrible pair once and for all!

    ISBN: 9780241578186

    $13.90
  • Roald Dahl: Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)

    ‘But…but…who are you?’ Little Billy asked.
    ‘We are the Minpins,’ the tiny man said, ‘and we own this wood’.

    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?

    ISBN: 9780241568668

    $13.90