"Learn the opposites with the ENORMOUS CROCODILE!" --back cover

Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after.

Presents a collection of over five hundred jokes inspired by storyteller, Roald Dahl.

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way. Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future

Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

The bear is behaving very strangely indeed: collecting moss, logs, and branches to build a winter house. The other animals think this is silly, and laugh at him, but when winter comes, bear is cozy in his house while the other animals suffer in the cold. Being a very kind bear, he invites the others in; but unfortunately for the bear, they are too excited to sleep, and he will get no rest at all this winter. But when spring arrives, he finds a solution....

George Kranky is eight years old and wondering what sort of mischief he might get into. George's grandma is a grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson... and when Grandma's finished drinking George's marvellous medicine she'll really have something to grumble about.

Relates how the bear and his friends went on a water picnic and were rescued by frogs.

"What would happen if you never had to grow up? You never had to become a grown-up with all of the not-fun things that come with it. No vegetables, no jobs, and definitely no boredom. This is a picture book about learning to never grow up - even when you're getting older. Some people get bigger without ever growing up at all. There are spunky scientists making amazing discoveries, hair artistes, chocolate cake makers, and even those who talk to bears....