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Gloriumptious Poetry

By Roald Dahl
Series: How to be a Writer
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Develop creative writing skills with inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl. Who can be a writer? You can! Whether you want to write an epic narrative poem, say it all with a three-line haiku or get your friends laughing with a limerick, you can try... Read More
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Develop creative writing skills with inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl.

Who can be a writer? You can! Whether you want to write an epic narrative poem, say it all with a three-line haiku or get your friends laughing with a limerick, you can try them all here.

These fun activities and writing prompts will help to expand vocabulary and language skills. Find out how to use swashboggling synonyms, awesome alliteration, and whizz-popping onomatopoeia to make your poetry gloriumptious.

Get to grips with rhyme and rhythm, and by the end of Gloriumptious Poetry, you'll have written your own razztwizzling poetry collection.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241610787

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 June 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Audience: General / adult, Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 198.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Approved - Roald Dahl (Author) Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

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