Roald Dahl
44) Vile verses
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.
48) Rhyme stew
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Description
An illustrated collection of fifteen parodies ranging from skewered nursery rhymes to epic slapstick sagas.
Author
Series
Colección Cuatro vientos volume 16
Pub. Date
1982
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.
50) Matilda
Author
Pub. Date
1990
Description
240 PAGES ILLUS. $15.99. ILLUS: QUENTIN BLAKE. MATILDA APPLIES HER UNTAPPED METAL POWERS TO RID THE SCHOOL OF THE EVIL, CHILD-HATING HEADMISTRESS, MISS TRUNCHBULL, AND RESTORE HER NICE TEACHER, MISS HONEY TO FINANCIAL SECURITY. DN
51) The BFG
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The BFG--Big Friendly Giant--kidnaps Sophie from her bed in the orphanage and takes her back to Giantland where she becomes involved in a scheme to end the loathsome activities of nine evil giants.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 300
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Later known for his immortal childrens books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG, Dahl also had a genius for adult short fiction, which he wrote throughout his life. Whether fictionalizing his dramatic exploits as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II or concocting the ingeniously plotted fables that were dramatized on television as Tales of the Unexpected, Dahl was brilliant at provoking in his...
54) Fantastic Mr Fox
Author
Pub. Date
1970
Description
81 PAGES ILLUS. $15.99. ILLUS: QUENTIN BLAKE. SOMEONE'S BEEN STEALING FROM THE THREE MEANEST FARMERS AROUND, AND THEY KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE THIEF----IT'S FANTASTIC MR FOX.. DN
56) Las brujas
Author
Pub. Date
2001, c1993
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.