Quentin Blake

La signora Mirtilla è orgogliosa dei suoi elettrodomestici che sono moderni, splendenti e iperefficienti. Ma questi, un giorno, protestano: ognuno pensa di svolgere al meglio il lavoro dell'altro. La Lavatrice vuole sfornare un pan di Spagna, il Frullino vuole stirare le camicie, il Tostapane produrre ghiaccioli e la Caffettiera il gelato… In un attimo la cucina va in tilt. Max è un ragazzo felice, se non fosse che desidera più di ogni altra cosa al mondo un vestito, un vestito solo, però buono per tutte le stagioni e per tutte le occasioni. Ma un giorno il postino bussa alla porta per consegnare un pacco… Nei versi fantasiosi di "A letto, bambini!" i più piccoli scopriranno con sorpresa che il lettino non è solo morbido, pulito, ben rincalzato e perfetto per sognare, ma può essere anche un posto davvero speciale..

With his "secret plans and clever tricks," the Enormous Crocodile desires to lunch not with but on a nice, juicy child. His croc companion, the Notsobig One, is the first to try to talk him out of his scheme, claiming children are no good to eat. "'Tough and chewy!' cried the Enormous Crocodile. 'Nasty and bitter! What awful tommyrot you talk! They are juicy and yummy!'" One jungle critter after another–from Trunky the elephant to Muggle-Wump the monkey to the Roly-Poly Bird–tries to prevent the Enormous Crocodile from carrying out his dastardly deed, but on he waddles toward the village. Unfortunately for him, the animals have a few secret plans and clever tricks up their furry sleeves, too!

A collection of ribald 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 Aladdin, 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.

Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction. From crashing his plane over Africa to hobnobbing in Hollywood ,and his remarkable encounters with everyone from Walt Disney to President Roosevelt - this is the story of his greatest adventures, and how his real-life escapades find expression in his most famous books, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Matilda. Through a vast collection of his letters, writings and archive, the story is told largely in his own words, with contributions from his last wife Liccy, daughter Lucy and biographer Donald Sturrock.