The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141963468
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description
"The Pelican spread his huge white wings and flew down on to the road beside me. 'Hop in,' he said, opening his enormous beak . . ." MEET BILLY. A kid with a dream. He wants to turn an old wooden house into an incredible sweetshop full of treats! AND MEET THE LADDERLESS WINDOW-CLEANING COMPANY: Monkey, Pelican (Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe?!). They have just landed a big break cleaning all six hundred and seventy-seven windows of the mansion owned by the richest man in all of England! All they need now is a little help from Billy. Can these unlikely new friends make Billy's wildest dreams come true and take him on an adventure he'll never forget . . .?

Esio Trot (Colour Edition)

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0141369388
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl - the world's NUMBER ONE storyteller. High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone. Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day his mind goes click and an amazing idea rushes into his head. With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart? 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.

Dirty Beasts

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141378891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
The much-loved Roald Dahl collection of hilarious animal rhymes, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Crocky-Wock the crocodile to Stingaling the scorpion. Described in verse with all Dahl's usual gusto and illustrated in suitably lurid style by Quentin Blake. Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork.

A Discovery of Dragons

Author: Lindsay Galvin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338714465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
How to Train Your Dragon meets natural history, with real science, in this story of discovery through one of the lens of one of the most historical voyages in history. It's 1835. Cabin boy Simon Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist, Charles Darwin.But when Simon falls overboard during a huge storm, he washes up on an unexplored island. Stranded there, he makes a discovery that could change the world. Now it's not just his own survival at stake - the future of an undiscovered species is in his hands. But perhaps, there's one person who could help...Based on the real events of Charles Darwin's legendary voyage, this is a novel that melds science with wonder.

The Enormous Crocodile

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141346472
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Enormous Crocodile is very greedy and loves eating children! But the other animals plan to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson.

Ladybird Readers Level 3 - Roald Dahl

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Ladybird
ISBN: 9780241384688
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the jungle lives an enormous crocodile with clever ideas. He wants to eat children. Will the animals in the jungle keep the children safe? This Activity Book accompanies the Reader. It provides practice of key language structures and vocabulary, while developing a range of skills- singing, spelling and writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English- Young Learners (YLE) exams. This Level 3 Activity Book is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The activities encourage children to practice longer sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses.

Madagascar 3

Author: Nicole Taylor
Publisher: Mary Glasgow
ISBN: 9781908351616
Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Extensive reading is essential for improving fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, low-level reading material for younger learners. The Madagascar films are popular with children around the world for their humorous, lovable characters and original storylines. The Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Popcorn ELT Reader is based on the third film in the franchise.

Rhyme Stew

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141386061
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
A collection of irreverant rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes - as you've never seen them before! From the tortoise and the hare and Hansel and Gretel to Ali Baba and The Emperor's New Clothes, these traditional stories will never seem the same again once you have had a taste of Roald Dahl's hilarious verse and Quentin Blake's suitably lively illustrations. An inventive collection for older children and adults alike, Rhyme Stew bubbles over with Roald Dahl's extraordinary humour and imagination.

The Roald Dahl Quiz Book

Author: Sylvia Bond
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780141324975
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Do you know why Mr. hoppy wanted to become a tortoise, where whangdoodles can be found or who called George a grizzly old grunion? These questions and many others are asked and answered in this book.

The Jungle Book: Man Trap

Author: Michael Watts
Publisher: Mary Glasgow
ISBN: 9781908351494
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Extensive reading is essential for improving fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, low-level reading material for younger learners. The Jungle Book is a classic of children's literature, beloved of children and adults around the world. Jungle Book: Man Trap is based on a modern serialisation of the story.