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Dirty Beasts

By Roald Dahl
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Dirty Beasts by Roald Dahl is a lively collection of poems that delve into the humorous and sometimes mischievous world of various animals. Each poem features a different creature with its unique quirks and adventurous antics, designed to entertain and delight young readers with Dahl's imaginative storytelling and playful language. The book is complemented by Quentin Blake's whimsical illustrations, making it a joyful reading experience for children.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a love for imaginative and humorous tales featuring quirky animals with unexpected traits. Roald Dahl's witty and playful rhymes bring to life a series of entertaining beasts in a way that delights both young readers and the young at heart. With gleefully mischievous illustrations accompanying the text, it's perfect for bedtime stories or sparking a child's creative imagination.

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Dirty Beasts

A collection of animal rhymes featuring grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Gocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion.

Beware! This wicked book of funny verse is filled with creatures at their worst . . .

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A collection of (mainly) grisly beasts out for human blood, ranging from Crocky-Wock the crocodile to Sting-A-Ling the scorpion. Described in verse with all of Roald Dahl's usual gusto and illustrated in a suitably wicked style by Quentin Blake.

Was that CROCKY-WOCK galumphing up the stairs?
Is STING-A-LING hiding in your bed?
And what foul fate has PIGGY planned for Farmer Bland?

WARNING! This book contains wickedly funny verse, prickly surprises, and the most despicable creatures you could ever hope (not) to meet.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141369334

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 July 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Illustration: colour throughout

Contributors:

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

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 265.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 36

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Roald Dahl

About the Author

Sitting in a hut at the bottom of his garden, surrounded by odd bits and pieces such as a suitcase (used as a footrest), his own hipbone (which he'd had replaced) and a heavy ball of metal foil (made from years' worth of chocolate wrappers), Roald Dahl wrote some of the world's best-loved stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, The Witches, The BFG, Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach and lots more. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal and taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours.

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