Roald DahlChildren's Best-Loved Stories Collection (8 Books)

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• Going Solo Book Cover does not match the rest of the Book Set Illustrations

About

Roald Dahl was a spy, an ace fighter pilot, a chocolate historian and a medical inventor. He still IS - to many - the world's greatest children's author. This incredible 8 book collection of some of Dahl's best-loved stories!

'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams

Danny the Champion of the World

Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So, one day, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life - so long as they don't get caught..

Going Solo

 Read all about Roald Dahl’s life before he became the world’s number one storyteller. Following on from Boy, Going Solo takes you on daring and dangerous adventures. The book begins with Road Dahl aboard the SS Mantola sailing from England to Africa, where his adventures really begin. From tales of his wartime exploits and surviving a plane crash in the Libyan desert to surviving snake bites, Going Solo is an exciting adventure through Roald Dahl's early adult years.

The Magic Finger

Roald Dahl’s story of a girl who has a magic power literally at the tip of her finger. She can't explain how she does it; it just happens when she gets cross. A sudden flash comes out of her finger and whoever it touches (usually the person who has made her angry) gets punished and turned into all manner of things.

Boy - Tales of Childhood

 Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake. As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop. There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's. You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off. Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. All are true.

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside - they're the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all of England, there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true. Now you can listen to THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME (with ESIO TROT) and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios!

Esio Trot

This is the wonderful and warm-hearted Roald Dahl classic, Esio Trot. Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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 Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches television. Clutching their Golden Tickets, they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory. But what mysterious secrets will they discover? 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...

Fantastic Mr Fox

Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat. Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper. Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong cider. Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the farms. Now the farmers have hatched a plan to BANG-BANG-BANG shoot Mr Fox dead. But just when they think Mr Fox can't possibly escape, he makes a fantastic plan of his own...