The ultimate treasury of Michael Rosen's best-loved poems, brought together for the first time in one beautifully illustrated collection.Celebrate the very best of Michael Rosen in a gorgeous gift edition illustrated by a selection of award-winning artists. This collection brings together for the first time popular poems such as "Chocolate Cake", "Hot Food" and "No Breathing in Class!". From the hilarious to the heart-warming, Michael's poems about childhood, family and friendships...

Mr Stink, from Children's author David Walliams."Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well…”It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.Now Chloe's got to make sure no one finds out her secret. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink tha...

The Boy in the Dress, from Children's author David Walliams.Dennis was different.Why was he different, you ask?Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book…

A timeless classic with over 2 million copies sold! Matilda's incredible strength and determination have made her an enduring favorite character and have inspired the classic 1996 film, a Tony-Award winning Broadway musical, and a Netflix musical adaptation.Meet Matilda! She has phenomenal powers perfect for taking on terrible teachers. Young readers discovering the worlds of Roald Dahl for the first time can dive right into this exciting introduction!This ...

Meet Willy Wonka—the inventor behind the most fantastic and unusual chocolate factory in the world! Wonka's over-the-top enthusiasm and wonky ways have captivated fans for generations. He has been portrayed on screen many times, perhaps most notably by Gene Wilder in the classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film and by Timothée Chalamet in Wonka.Meet Willy Wonka! This fantastic inventor whips up all the most incredible treats in his chocolate...

Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Gold Ticket from Mr Willy Wonka! Tremendous things are in store for you!Charlie Bucket's life is about to change forever, thanks to one miraculous moment!Willy Wonka, chocolate maker extraordinaire, has hidden five golden tickets in five ordinary bars of chocolate, and any child who finds one will get the chance to visit his incredible factory.And ...

"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! ...

'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 Ho...

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 . . .The text in this edition of The Magic Finger was updated in 2022 for yo...

"One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear."This is a story about REAL WITCHES.Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people.But they are far from ORDINARY . . .The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make each and every child disappear.That is, unless one boy and his grandmother can stop her ...

"To pay Mrs Twit back for the worms in his spaghetti, Mr Twit thought up a really clever, nasty trick . . ."Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man who always has bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is scheming and sly and always thinking of the next horrible trick to play on her husband.The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden.

"Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist."One dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant!Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant (the BFG), who is no ordinary bone-crunching giant, but instead prefers snozzcumbers and frobscottle to children.But there are other giants in Giant Country. And those ...