Roald Dahl

From the Publisher: "Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Giant. He and Sophie cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of troggle-humping-forever.

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

The gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's fabulous chocolate factory are opening at last and only five lucky children are allowed to enter.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

A motherless boy, who lives in a gypsy caravan behind his father's filling station, records the adventures he shares with his beloved parent.

Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

Presents humorous retellings of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.