Dahl, Roald
The witches / Roald Dahl ; illustrations by Quentin Blake. - USA : Puffin Books, c2016. - 199 pages, [15 unnumbered] : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Ronald Dahl Collection ; 15 .
Originally published: London : Cape, 1983.
A note about witches -- My grandmother -- How to recognize a witch -- The grand high witch -- Summer holidays -- The meeting -- Frizzled like a fritter -- Formula 86 delayed action mouse-maker -- The recipe -- Bruno Jenkins disappears -- The ancient ones -- Metamorphosis -- Bruno -- Hello, Grandmamma -- The mouse-burglar -- Mr and Mrs Jenkins meet Bruno -- The plan -- In the kitchen -- Mr Jenkins and his son -- The triumph -- The heart of a mouse -- It's off to work we go!.
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. The Witches by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches. Beware. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters.
Children
English
9780141371481 [paperback] $3.95
85000519
Witches--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
The witches / Roald Dahl ; illustrations by Quentin Blake. - USA : Puffin Books, c2016. - 199 pages, [15 unnumbered] : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Ronald Dahl Collection ; 15 .
Originally published: London : Cape, 1983.
A note about witches -- My grandmother -- How to recognize a witch -- The grand high witch -- Summer holidays -- The meeting -- Frizzled like a fritter -- Formula 86 delayed action mouse-maker -- The recipe -- Bruno Jenkins disappears -- The ancient ones -- Metamorphosis -- Bruno -- Hello, Grandmamma -- The mouse-burglar -- Mr and Mrs Jenkins meet Bruno -- The plan -- In the kitchen -- Mr Jenkins and his son -- The triumph -- The heart of a mouse -- It's off to work we go!.
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. The Witches by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches. Beware. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters.
Children
English
9780141371481 [paperback] $3.95
85000519
Witches--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.