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Revolting Rhymes [Paperback]

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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Book Description

4 Sep 2008

Roald Dahl's irreverent and hilarious collection, Revolting Rhymes.

Six of the best-loved nursery tales, retold with surprising and sometimes disgusting twists! Wicked beasts, brazen crooks and a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with BITE.

'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams

Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl!

Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork.

Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990, and total sales are now over 100 million worldwide!

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.

Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books!

The Enormous Crocodile; Fantastic Mr Fox; The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me; The Magic finger; The Twits; The BFP; Boy: Tales of Childhood; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka; Danny the Champion of the World; George's Marvellous Medicine; Going Solo; James and the Giant Peach; Matilda; The Witches; Dirty Beasts; The Minpins; Revolting Rhymes

For Teens:

The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories; Rhyme Stew; Skin and Other Stories; The Vicar of Nibbleswicke; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More


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  • Paperback: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0141501758
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141501758
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 0.3 x 25.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Verses featuring mayhem, greed, betrayals and murder, from two gifted collaborators. ("Publishers Weekly") A sophisticated spoof. ("The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books") --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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From master storyteller Roald Dahl come these side-splitting rhymes, in a beautiful black-and-white hardback edition illustrated by Quentin Blake. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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82 of 85 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Imbued with typical Dahl wit these rhymes skip and slither along at a sweetly irreverent and highly infectious pace.

This book takes some of our best known fairy stories, from Cinderella to Red Riding Hood and gives them a twist, a mischievous and thoroughly enjoyable twist.... read these ryhmes and you will never think of Red Riding Hood in quite the same way.

Although the topic of these rhymes are essentially children's stories, don't deprive yourself of a good, healthy dose of Dahl's deliciously revolting prose.

Read them aloud to children and you'll find yourself led by the rhyme and building the tension, hamming it up as Red Riding Hood, "one eyelid flickers, she whips the pistol from her knickers...", as Dahl manages to covey the naughty in a thoroughly refreshingly, innocent way.

An enjoyably revolting and delightfully digestible book. You won't be dissapointed, Dahl is an intelligent and inspired master of mischief. You might even be tempted to write a review of your own....

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4.0 out of 5 stars I like it! 17 Feb 2008
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Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included like The Princess and the Pea but apart from that it was really good. I would recommend it to kids only and parents should not even have a peep because they cannot enjoy such humorous things like us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Are you as revolting as revolting rhymes? 18 Sep 2003
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Format:Paperback
Revolting Rhymes is a great way to lift your imagination,and it has to be the funnyist book I've read so far!The book has fairy tales that are retold so that they rhyme and sound funny.Btw...READ IT!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Brilliant for early readers who are already familiar with nursery rhymes. My 7 year old LOVES it and my 5 year old can see the humour.
Published 18 hours ago by Miss R H Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant.
Bought this book for the children and ended up reading it right through. It is a brilliant book that twists the original fairy tales. I really liked it. Hoping my boys do too.
Published 1 month ago by mandi
5.0 out of 5 stars I love love love these poems!
I read thee when I was young and have just bought them for my daughter (4yo) for our bedtime reading. Read more
Published 3 months ago by ERV Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars clever
We love this book. It is clever and funny and keeps us all in stitches. Would recommend for families and children over about 9 years.
Published 3 months ago by J. R. Unwin
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Present
I bought this as a Christmas present for my granddaughter, but after glancing at it quickly, I found I had to read it all.
Published 3 months ago by B. Dewey
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
We bought this book for our Niece who is 8 years old. Although the rhymes are revolting.....as suggested by the title, it is an excellent book and very funny. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
I found a copy of this book from when I was a child and it is great! I have just bought it for my god son and I hope he likes it just as much as me. The graphics are great too. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jodie
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Fun Fun
This book of poems is full of hilarious retellings of classic traditional fairy tales. My year 1 students love hearing them, sometimes they roll around on the carpet. Read more
Published 6 months ago by cooksfromscratch
5.0 out of 5 stars Made me smile and feel like a kid again.
What can i say about this amazing book. Roald Dahl never lets me down. I was raised reading his books and I hope my kids read his books growing up too.
Published 7 months ago by Daniella
4.0 out of 5 stars Great rhymes
This is a great read, especially out loud. Watch out for words that may need censoring. Roald Dahl is a genius
Published 11 months ago by Keeps on burning
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