Inspired by one of the songs, When I Grow Up is a humorous and moving look at adult life from a child's perspective. Matilda: The Musical hit the West End seven years ago to great acclaim and this autumn, Tim Minchin, who wrote the music for the show, releases his fist picture book with Steve Antony. Find out how she gets the better of them and her spiteful headmistress, as well as discovering that she has a very special power." The truth is, she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. "Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things. As a boy he went to school very near to the Cadbury’s Factory, where the pupils were sometimes given new chocolate inventions to try out. He loved chocolate even more than he hated beards. "Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made."ĭahl’s most famous book. You can also reserve the stop-motion film version of Fantastic Mr Fox](), directed by Wes Anderson. They hate Mr Fox and are determined to get him, and plan to catch him by whatever means necessary." "Boggis, Bunce and Bean are just about the nastiest three farmers you could ever wish to meet. Roald Dahl famously hated beards and never grew one himself. Mr Twit has a disgusting beard in which all sorts of food and rubbish is lodged. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch a plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve!" The film version of The BFG came out last year. According to Michael Rosen in his brilliant book Fantastic Mr Dahl, Roald told his young granddaughter the tale of a big friendly giant who collects dreams and then, when she had gone to bed, he climbed up a ladder to appear at her bedroom window - just like the BFG! The hero in this story, Sophie, is named after Dahl’s granddaughter (now an author in her own right). They become good friends and cook up a plan to rid the world of bad giants." But luckily he is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. So when Sophie is snatched from her bed by the BFG, she fears for her life. To celebrate, we've put together a list of the top ten most-issued Roald Dahl books in our libraries.
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