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Roald Dahl’s Words of Magical Mischief

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  • First edition:
    • Oxford University Press, 2020
  • Co-authored by: Susan Rennie
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Get ready to be bewitched and spellbound by Roald Dahl’s mischievous words of magic (and much more). You can have fun with Roald Dahl’s language and the brilliant Quentin Blake’s illustrations while discovering how language words in this little book. Inspired by the World’s No. 1 storyteller, this book will give you all you need to create your own words. If you love Roald Dahl then this is the perfect introduction to get into learning how language works – make up your own words, have fun and be bold with (magical) words!

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Roald Dahl’s Rotsome and Repulsant Words

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  • First edition:
    • Oxford University Press, 2020
  • Co-authored by: Susan Rennie
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Get ready to be goose-gruggled and fluckgungled with disgusterous, rotsome and repulsant words (and much more). You can have fun with Roald Dahl’s language and the brilliant Quentin Blake’s illustrations while discovering how language works in this little hardback book. Inspired by the World’s No 1 storyteller, this book will give you all you need to start learning how language works – make up your own words, have fun and be bold with words!

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Oxford Roald Dahl Thesaurus

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  • First edition:
    • Oxford University Press, 2019
  • Co-authored by: Susan Rennie
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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This is a treasure trove of lickswishy language to inspire children to write creatively. Organised thematically, it dives into the Roald Dahl worlds of Human Beans, the Natural World, Magical World and the World of Words. Working in themes makes it easy for children to discover hundreds of invented words and real words for their own stories. It is full of endlessly inventive vocabulary ideas and information, with a striking and fun design using Quentin Blake’s artwork and a mixture of photographs too. Compiled by Susan Rennie, the lexicographer who created the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary and Roald Dahl’s Rotsome and Repulsant Words, this captures Oxford University Press’s language expertise, mixes it with the magic of Roald Dahl’s language and delivers aunique and inspired book that is a joy to own.

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Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: How to Write Tremendous Characters

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  • First edition: Puffin, 2019
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Invent terrific heroes and revolting villains to star in your story with the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

Perfect for home learning, pick up your pen and join Charlie and Mr Wonka to learn how to write the MOST MAGNIFICENT characters.

These super fun activities will help you to:

· Improve language and vocabulary skills
· Develop the tools you need to write your own stories
· Learn how to create heroes and villains with their own interests, behaviours and backstories

Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing will spark your creativity, build your confidence and inspire you through the wonderful worlds of Roald Dahl’s best loved stories!

Filled with top tips and ideas boxes, each book introduces techniques and methods to help you plan and write a phizz-whizzing story of your own!

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Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with The Twits: Remarkable Reasons to Write

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  • First edition: Puffin, 2020
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Write interviews, play scripts, diary entries and instructions with the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

Perfect for home learning, get stuck in with The Twits and find your own remarkable reason to write.

These super fun activities will help you to:

· Improve language and vocabulary skills
· Develop the tools you need to write your own stories
· Learn how to use persuasive language, entertain your reader and add sparkle to non-fiction.

Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing will spark your creativity, build your confidence and inspire you through the wonderful worlds of Roald Dahl’s best loved stories!

Filled with top tips and ideas boxes, each book introduces techniques and methods to help you plan and write a phizz-whizzing story of your own!

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Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with James and the Giant Peach: How to Write Phenomenal Poetry

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  • First edition: Puffin, 2020
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Discover limericks, narrative poems, acrostics and haiku with the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

Perfect for home learning, float off with James and his insect friends and learn how to use poetic language in stories and poems.

These super fun activities will help you to:

· Improve language and vocabulary skills
· Develop the tools you need to write your own stories
· Learn how to write with rhythm and rhyme, and practise performing your very own poems.

Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing will spark your creativity, build your confidence and inspire you through the wonderful worlds of Roald Dahl’s best loved stories!

Filled with top tips and ideas boxes, each book introduces techniques and methods to help you plan and write a phizz-whizzing story of your own!

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Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Fantastic Mr Fox: How to Write a Marvellous Plot

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  • First edition: Puffin, 2020
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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Plan brilliant beginnings, magnificent middles and excellent endings with the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

Perfect for home learning, think up terrific stories with Fantastic Mr Fox and learn how to structure the perfect plot.

These super fun activities will help you to:

· Improve language and vocabulary skills
· Develop the tools you need to write your own stories
· Learn how to use action scenes, perspective and tense to write an exciting story.

Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing will spark your creativity, build your confidence and inspire you through the wonderful worlds of Roald Dahl’s best loved stories!

Filled with top tips and ideas boxes, each book introduces techniques and methods to help you plan and write a phizz-whizzing story of your own!

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The World of Roald Dahl

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  • First edition: Puffin, 2020
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Hide and Seek

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  • First editions:
    • Puffin, 2021.
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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It’s time for a gloriumptious game of hide and seek with Roald Dahl!

Who’s that hiding under the flap? Is it a ginormous giraffe or a friendly giant? Just watch out for the enormous crocodile…

With iconic illustrations from Quentin Blake, this sturdy, colourful lift-the-flap book is the perfect way to introduce the youngest chiddlers to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl.

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On the First Day of Christmas

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  • First editions:
    • Puffin, 2021.
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
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On the first day of Christmas a chiddler gave to me . . .
. . . a simply enormous CROCODILE!

Count down the twelve days of Christmas with this gloriumptious twist on the classic festive rhyme. From golden tickets to fantastic friends, this sturdy board book is the perfect way to introduce little learners to their first numbers at Christmas!

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