Roald Dahl
1) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this classic children's tale by acclaimed author Roald Dahl, the Big Friendly Giant, a very different kind of giant, finds a friend in a small human girl named Sophie. Listeners will delight in the fun language woven throughout the narrative.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When James drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, the peach at the top of the tree grows as big as a house. When he crawls inside, he meets a bunch of marvelous oversized friends and a place he finally belongs.
7) Matilda
Author
Language
English
Description
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
8) The Twits
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood!
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald...
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald...
13) Esio Trot
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth over a million dollars? You will discover that just about anything is possible in a Roald Dahl story, and here are eleven of his very best.
15) The witches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1994, c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team 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.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Containing excerpts from earlier tributes to Dahl's work and wit, this is an eclectic and funny collection of tidbits by and about the late author. It also features a missing chapter from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
19) Going Solo
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Description
“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures!
Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide...
Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures!
Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide...
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