Roald Dahl

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times


REVOLTING RHYMES

Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own...

"Al morir sus padres, James se ve obligado a vivir con sus tías, un par de viejas brujas. Tras su encuentro con un personaje misterioso, el niño se lanza en un viaje maravilloso a través del océano dentro de un melocotón gigante. James y sus nuevos amigos, un gusano de seda, un ciempiés, una araña, una mariquita, un saltamontes verde y un gusano de luz, viven momentos increíbles y llegan a Nueva York, donde les espera una nueva vida."-- Amazon.com...

Charlie and the chocolate factory: five children find entry tickets to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The tour brings out the best and worst in them ; Charlie and the great glass elevator: 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.

"Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside! Follow Charlie Bucket and Grandpa George around the chocolate factory as you search for fun finds like toffee apple trees, Veruca Salt, the five golden tickets, rainbow drops, and more. Where's Wonka: A Search-and-Find Book is filled with scrumptious finds that fans of the famous chocolate factory will love!" -- Amazon.

Roald Dahl got all of his wonderful ideas for stories from his own life. He told the story of his childhood in Boy. Now More about Boy features behind-the-scenes material, plus some secrets he left out.

Antes de Charlie, y antes de la fábrica de chocolate, hubo una historia llena de ingenio y de imaginación...

Las mejores cosas de la vida empiezan con un sueño.

Y es que, desde niño, Willy Wonka había imaginado poder crear su propio chocolate y compartirlo con el mundo entero.

Cuando era joven, llegó a las famosísimas Galerías Gourmet, dispuesto a cambiarlo todo con cada uno de

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Un valle, tres granjas, tres malvados granjeros y un bosque... en el que vive don Zorro. Benito, Buñuelo, Bufón, los granjeros, odian a don Zorro y quieren capturarle por todos medios. Le esperan a la salida de su madriguera, escondidos detrás de los árboles, con la escopeta cargada. Pero no se imaginan que don Zorro tiene su propio plan... ¡un fantástico plan! Three farmers, each one meaner than the next, try all-out warfare to get rid of...

Charlie and the chocolate factory: Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket for a tour of Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his or her own way. Charlie and the glass elevator: 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. The BFG: Kidsnatched from her orphanage...

The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
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...