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Danny the Champion of the World

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Danny the Champion of the World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780141365411
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Illustrations black and white line throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Puffin
Publication Date 11 February 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life - so long as they don't get caught ...

Author Biography

Sitting in a hut at the bottom of his garden, surrounded by odd bits and pieces such as a suitcase (used as a footrest), his own hipbone (which he'd had replaced) and a heavy ball of metal foil (made from years' worth of chocolate wrappers), Roald Dahl wrote some of the world's best-loved stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, The Witches, The BFG, Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach and lots more. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal and taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours.