Roald Dahl

"Do not try to make George's marvelous medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous. George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her chronic grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into it. Grandma's in for the surprise of her life - and so is George, when he sees the...

"As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny"-- Cover back. In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boyhood was as full of excitement and the unexpected as are his world-famous,...

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.

The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.

"Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr. Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world is opening the gates of his amazing chocolate factory for five lucky children. It's the prize of a lifetime! Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await- Charlie needs just one Golden Ticket and these delicious treats could all be his."--Back cover.

When a mysterious old man gives James some magical, tiny green things, he certainly never imagines that they will grow into an enormous peach.

A very sneaky, very hungry, very big crocodile plots to catch himself some nice, juicy little children for dinner-- only to have his dastardly schemes foiled by the other jungle animals.

Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.