Billy and the Minpins

Sections: Information | Description | Teacher Ideas | Covers | Penguin Readers, Norwegian, Polish, and Spanish Covers

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Information

• First editions:
  • Puffin, 2017.
• Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
• Previously known as: The Minpins
• Recent news: 
  • Roald Dahl Stories – with Andy Copps and John Kirk - July 5, 2020
  • Quentin Blake: ‘A new Roald Dahl character to draw, nearly 40 years after my first’ - September 12, 2017
  • Roald Dahl’s Billy and the Minpins coming this autumn - April 13, 2017
  • More news…

• Audio Books:
  • Billy and the Minpins read by Bill Bailey
  • Billy and the Minpins read by Joel Fry

• 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

Little Billy strays into the forest, where he meets the Minpins–tiny people who live within the trees. The Minpins tell Billy about The Gruncher, who preys on them. So Billy embarks on a mission to rid the Minpins of their foe once and for all, and sets off–on the back of a swan–to confront The Gruncher.

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Teacher Ideas

• Billy and the Minpins – Lesson Plans
  • Get your class to think of ways to help Billy escape the Gruncher with the YPO lesson plans which include Art and Literacy Objectives on spoken language, imagining worlds and celebrating achievements.

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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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Norwegian Covers – Billy og bittesmåene

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Polish Covers – Billy i Miniputki

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Spanish Covers – Billy y los Mimpins