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Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to 'a wonderful faraway place'. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as... Read More
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $15.95
Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don’t know is that they’re not dealing with just any fox–Mr. Fox would... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $15.95
Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don’t know is that they’re not dealing with just any fox–Mr. Fox would... Read more >
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka’s famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka’s orders? In Dahl’s most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka’s famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka’s orders? In Dahl’s most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Best of Roald Dahl
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: July 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled.
"Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: July 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled.
"Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the... Read more >
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James and the Giant Peach
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $16.00
Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film). How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $16.00
Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film). How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Tales of the Unexpected
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: July 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: July 14, 1990
Price: $16.95
Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. Read more >
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Collected Stories
Format: Hardcover, 888 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $30.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl’s stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller.
Later known for his immortal children’s books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG, Dahl also had... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 888 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $30.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl’s stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller.
Later known for his immortal children’s books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG, Dahl also had... Read more >
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James and the Giant Peach
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $15.95
Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film). How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $15.95
Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film). How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The BFG
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1993
Price: $15.95
When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten. But the two join forces to vanquish the nine other far less gentle giants who threaten to consume earth’s children. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1993
Price: $15.95
When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten. But the two join forces to vanquish the nine other far less gentle giants who threaten to consume earth’s children. Read more >
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Danny the Champion of the World
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $15.95
Danny’s life seems perfect: his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. And when Danny discovers his father’s secret, he’s off on the adventure of a lifetime. Here’s Roald Dahl’s famous... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $15.95
Danny’s life seems perfect: his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. And when Danny discovers his father’s secret, he’s off on the adventure of a lifetime. Here’s Roald Dahl’s famous... Read more >
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The Twits
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $15.95
Roald Dahl’s thrillingly grotesque book for young readers is now available in a gorgeous new gift edition, featuring the deliciously wicked artwork of Quentin Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything–except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $15.95
Roald Dahl’s thrillingly grotesque book for young readers is now available in a gorgeous new gift edition, featuring the deliciously wicked artwork of Quentin Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything–except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
If you could see with your eyes closed, how would you use your power? That’s what Henry has to decide in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,"one of the seven stories in this extra-ordinary collection. In addition to imaginative and magical tales, this book also contains the true story of how... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
If you could see with your eyes closed, how would you use your power? That’s what Henry has to decide in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,"one of the seven stories in this extra-ordinary collection. In addition to imaginative and magical tales, this book also contains the true story of how... Read more >
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George's Marvelous Medicine
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2002
Price: $15.95
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... Read more >
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
Mr. Willy Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don’t trust his flying skills one bit. And right now, he’s at the helm of a giant glass elevator that’s picking up speed and hurtling through space — with Charlie and the entire Bucket family stuck inside!... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.95
Mr. Willy Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don’t trust his flying skills one bit. And right now, he’s at the helm of a giant glass elevator that’s picking up speed and hurtling through space — with Charlie and the entire Bucket family stuck inside!... Read more >
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $17.99
What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka’s famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka’s orders? In Dahl’s most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded.
From the... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 176 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $17.99
What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka’s famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka’s orders? In Dahl’s most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded.
From the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Twits
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $17.99
Roald Dahl’s thrillingly grotesque book for young readers is now available in a gorgeous new gift edition, featuring the deliciously wicked artwork of Quentin Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything–except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $17.99
Roald Dahl’s thrillingly grotesque book for young readers is now available in a gorgeous new gift edition, featuring the deliciously wicked artwork of Quentin Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything–except playing mean jokes on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $15.95
I guess you think you know this story.
You don’t. The real one’s much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $15.95
I guess you think you know this story.
You don’t. The real one’s much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl... Read more >
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Boxed Set
Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $31.90
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Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $31.90
Read more >
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Charlie Novels Plus Henry Sugar Box Set
Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $47.85
Roald Dahl’s beloved and bestselling novels about chocolate genius Willy Wonka, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, are paired with his magical story collection, THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE, in this handsome boxed set. Read more >
Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $47.85
Roald Dahl’s beloved and bestselling novels about chocolate genius Willy Wonka, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, are paired with his magical story collection, THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE, in this handsome boxed set. Read more >
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