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Roald Dahl has captivated children and adults of all ages with his extraordinary stories of giant peaches, chocolate factories, witches, whizzpopping, big friendly giants and clever little boys and girls.

The sixteen books in this collection are the perfect way to open a child's eyes to the wonder world of Roald Dahl.

The BFG

When orphan sophie is snatched by a giant, she fears he is going to eat
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James and the Giant Peach

Poor James lives with his horrid aunts Sponge and Spiker until he gets a chance to make an amazing journey ...

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The Witches

One boy and his grandmother set out to rid the world of those vile creatures called witches ...

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Fantastic Mr Fox

Mr Fox is full of fantastic plans for stealing chickens from nasty farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean ...

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Matilda

Poor, clever Matilda has mean, crooked parents and a diabolical headmistress. But she'll show them ...

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Danny the Champion of the World

Danny thinks his dad is the best man in the world until the day he discovers his dad has been breaking the law ...

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie loves chocolate and he'd do anything to visit Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory ...

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Whooosh! Charlie and his family take an amazing adventure with Willy Wonka in a great glass elevator ...

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George's Marvellous Medicine

George wants to teach his grumpy and grizzly old grouchy grandma a lesson she'll never forget ...

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The Twits

The monkeys are going to have their revenge on the revolting Mr and Mrs Twit ...

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The Magic Finger

'The Magic Finger is something I've been able to do all my life ... it always happens when I get cross.'

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The Enormous Crocodile

The animals scheme to be rid of the greedy, grumptious crocodile who loves eating up little boys and girls ...

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Esio Trot

With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?

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The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me

Billy makes friends with a giraffe, a pelican and a monkey ...

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Going Solo

When Roald Dahl grew up he had many adventures in England and Africa ...

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Boy

The story of Roald Dahl's very own boyhood ...

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