Quentin Blake
1) Clown
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Language
English
Description
After being discarded, Clown makes his way through town having a series of adventures as he tries to find a home for himself and his other toy friends.
3) Snuff
Author
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Tim, Sam, and Lulu are the mischievous and naughty three little monkeys who are told each day to be good while Hilda goes off to do her errands. And each day, Hilda returns home to find a bigger mess than the day before. These mischievous monkeys will likely never learn to behave!
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
English and Spanish ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents illustrations of groups of different types of animals for young readers to count, along with text giving the names of the animals and the number of them in the pictures in English and Spanish.
7) Simpkin
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
8) Zagazoo
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
The postman brings George and Bella a delightful pink creature, who suddenly turns into a vulture, a warthog, a dragon, a hairy monster, and other destructive and annoying creatures.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it,...
To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG!
The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don’t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. Now they have their big break—a chance to clean all 677 windows of the Hampshire...
The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don’t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. Now they have their big break—a chance to clean all 677 windows of the Hampshire...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pranks, tricks, mischief, and more in this ideal companion book to Roald Dahl's beloved novels!
Professional tricksters put your cunning to the test. Inside this wicked little book you'll find step-by-step instructions for making mischief and mayhem as well as outrageous jokes, fiendish quizzes, and a few smelly surprises. Includes extracts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Witches,...
Professional tricksters put your cunning to the test. Inside this wicked little book you'll find step-by-step instructions for making mischief and mayhem as well as outrageous jokes, fiendish quizzes, and a few smelly surprises. Includes extracts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Witches,...
12) The BFG
Author
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants, she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.
14) Matilda
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
15) The twits
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose is a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate-candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts. Life there is no fun, until James receives some magical, tiny green things and accidentally drops them by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends -- Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug,...
19) The witches
Author
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.