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Rhyme Stew

By Roald Dahl
Series: The Roald Dahl Classic Collection
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Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry comes alive with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations alongside archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. I think our loving Mum and Dad Are plotting some rather bad. This beautiful edition of Rhyme Stew,... Read More
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Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry comes alive with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations alongside archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum.

I think our loving Mum and Dad
Are plotting some rather bad.

This beautiful edition of Rhyme Stew, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.

So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers...

The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl's books that were published before the 2022 Puffin editions, aimed at newly independent young readers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241677599

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Illustration: Black and white

Contributors:

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

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 74g

Pages: 80

Collections

Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Roald Dahl Series: The Roald Dahl Classic Collection

About the Author

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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