The giraffe and the pelly and me

Matilda is a brilliant and sensitive child, but her parents think of her only as a nuisance. Even before she is five years old, she has read Dickens and Hemingway and still her parents think of her as a pest. So she decides to get back at them. Her platinum-haired mother and car salesman father are no match for her sharp genius, and neither is the cruel headmistress Miss Trunchbull. And then the child prodigy discovers she has an extraordinary psychic power that can save her school and especially the lovely kindergarten teacher, Miss Honey.

Matilda (theatre tie-in ed)

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! 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?  'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams   And now you can listen to ESIO TROT ( with THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME) and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!   And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.

Esio trot

"La plupart des grands-mères sont d'adorables vieilles dames, gentilles et serviables. Hélas, ce n'est pas le cas de la grand-mère de Georges !Grincheuse, affreuse et égoïste, elle ressemble trop à une sorcière. Et puis elle a de curieux goûts : elle aime se régaler de limaces, de chenilles... Un jour, alors qu'elle vient une fois de plus de le terroriser, Georges décide de lui préparer une terrible potion magique. Une potion aux effets surprenants, extraordinaires, hilarants. ".

La potion magique de Georges Bouillon

Pamela et Arthur ont invité les Snape à venir passer le week-end chez eux pour jouer au bridge, mais ils redoutent de s'ennuyer avec ce jeune couple. Pamela a alors une idée qui devrait pimenter leur séjour... 
Trois nouvelles délicieusement cruelles par l'un des maîtres de l'humour anglais.

Ma blanche colombe et autres nouvelles ; my lady love, my dove and others stories

M. Hoppy, un gentil monsieur à la retraite, nourrit un grand amour pour sa voisine de l'étage inférieur Mme Silver. Mais, malheureusement, celle-ci déverse toute son affection sur Alfred... sa tortue. M. Hoppy imagine un stratagème ingénieux pour conquérir l'amour de sa belle.

Un amour de tortue

James Henry Trotter est orphelin et vit avec ses deux affreuses tantes. Il se sent triste et seul, jusqu'au jour où, au bout du jardin, une pêche se met à grossir et grossir et GROSSIR. A l'intérieur vivent sept insectes très spéciaux qui n'attendent que James pour une aventure magique ! Mais où iront-ils dans leur grosse pêche, et que va-t-il se passer si les horribles tantes se mettent en travers de leur route ? Il n'y a qu'une seule façon de le savoir.

James et la grosse pêche

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!

Charlie et la Chocolaterie

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings.

The giraffe and the pelly and me

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