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Former Children’s Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a landmark new collection, focusing on migration and displacement. Michael’s poems are divided into four: in the first series, he draws on his childhood as part of a first-generation Polish family living in London; in the second, on his perception of the War as a young boy; in the third, on his “missing” relatives and the Holocaust; and in the fourth, and final, on global experiences of migration. By turns charming, shocking and heartbreaking, this is an anthology with a story to tell and a powerful point to make: “You can only do something now.”

Did we go too far?’ Charlie asked.
‘Too far?’ cried Mr Wonka. ‘Of course we went too far! We’ve gone into orbit!’

WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory.

They can see the whole world below them, but they’re not alone. The American Space Hotel has also just launched. Lurking inside are the Vermicious Knids – the most brutal beasts in the universe!

Can Charlie and Willy Wonka stop them from destroying everything?

“A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky”

Danny has the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had. He can repair any car or machine that people bring to him, loves going on adventures with Danny and tells him incredible stories around the stove in the cozy caravan they call home.

The land around them belongs to Mr Hazell, a rich bully who NOBODY likes, not one-little bit. So, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give Mr Hazell the greatest shock of his life.

But can they pull off this level of mischief-making without getting caught…?

“For my lunch today”, he said, I would like a nice JUICY little child.”

The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch.

He’s the greediest croc in the whole river, and he wants to eat something juicy and delicious.

But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up?

Beware! He’s looking for someone to feast upon… someone who looks a lot like YOU!

Boy is Roald Dahl’s brilliantly entertaining look back at his own early years. This autobiographical account captures his school days and family life, told with trademark dark humour and (one presumes) a healthy dose of artistic licence. From sweetshop pranks to gruelling medical procedures, the real-life characters feel just as vividly drawn as the heroes and villains of his best-known fiction.

A great, classic choice for Year 5 or Year 6 autobiography or class read-aloud.

I do actually happen to know how to make tortoises grow faster, if that’s really what you want.’

Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really 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 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?

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.

“Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER.”

James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.

James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.

Life isn’t much fun at all, until something peculiar happens at the bottom of his garden . . .

A peach at the very top of a tree begins to grow . . . and grow . . . and GROW! Inside are seven very unusual insects – all waiting to take James on a magical journey.

This Roald Dahl classic remains a classroom favourite and has been the inspiration for numerous films, keeping it in the hearts of children’s imaginations over the decades since it was first published in 1964.

The story follows the life-changing moment Charlie Bucket finds a coveted Golden Ticket and wins a visit to see inside Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory. His trip is taken with his much loved Grandpa Joe, alongside four other winners who prove to be humorously flawed in their own ways.

This is a fantasy rags-to-riches tale with moments of both dark and light humour.

Out the window they flew, far up into the sky, and soon the whole family was flying around and around together.

Every Saturday morning the Gregg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting.

Now it’s made her so angry that she’s PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL.

And very strange things have begun to happen . . .

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