Revolting Rhymes

Sections: Information | Description | Reviews | Fun Stuff | Covers | Penguin Readers, Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, and Welsh covers

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Information

Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”.

• First editions:
  • Jonathan Cape, 1982, UK.
    • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
    • To identify: Used a standard single statement (‘First published’ followed by the date with later printings stated underneath) and published without a dust jacket and priced at £3.95
  • Knopf, 1983, USA.
    • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
    • To identify: Used a number line and was published with a dust jacket priced at $9.95.

• Contains:
  • “Cinderella”
  • “Jack and the Beanstalk”
  • “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
  • “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
  • “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf”
  • “The Three Little Pigs”
• Movies:
  • Four Enchanting Stories by Roald Dahl
  • Revolting Rhymes
  • Revolting Rhymes (TV movie - 2016)
  • Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts
  • Revolting Rhymes and The Enormous Crocodile
  • Roald Dahl’s Classic Tales
  • Three Little Pigs (2008)
• Theater:
  • Revolting Rhymes & Marvellous Music (ensemble + narration), 2016, Somerset, England
  • Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (play), 2014, La Boite Roundhouse Theater, Australia
• Audio Books:
  • Revolting Rhymes read by Prunella Scales and Timothy West
  • Revolting Rhymes read by Pam Ferris and Geoffrey Palmer
  • Revolting Rhymes read by Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Miriam Margolyes
  • Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts read by Alan Cumming
  • Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts read by Pam Ferris and Geoffrey Palmer
  • Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts read by Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Miriam Margolyes
  • Un conte peut en cacher un autre read by François Morel

• Buy this book:
  

Important note: From 2022 onwards, Puffin has edited selected Dahl books to remove sensitive language and insert new sentences not written by Dahl. If you would prefer to read the original text, ensure you get a copy published before 2022 or one of the “Classic Collection” published by Penguin.

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Description

Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darkly comic twists to six favorite tales, complete with rambunctious rhymes and hilarious surprise endings.

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Reviews

• “Nursery Satire” by Ralph Elliott from the August 28, 1982 issue of The Canberra Times – Canberra, Australia (read online)

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Fun Stuff

• Excerpt – “Cinderella” in Latin
• Excerpt – “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

Sotheby’s Dahl Auction 1997

Merchandise

• Elsewhere on the web:
  • Excerpt – “Cinderella” 
  • Excerpt – “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” 
  • Excerpt – “The Three Little Pigs” 

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Covers

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Penguin Readers Covers

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. Simplified story texts are combined with beautiful original illustrations for students aged 7 and above.

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Afrikaans Covers – Vreeslike versies

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Dutch Covers – Gruwelijke rijmen

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French Covers – Un conte peut en cacher un autre

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Japanese Covers – へそまがり昔ばなし

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Korean Covers

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Norwegian Covers – Ramperim og ville vers

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Spanish Covers – Cuentos en verso para niños perversos

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Welsh Covers – Cerddi Ffiaidd