Quentin Blake

in 2001, Quentin Blake- the first Children's Laureate- chose twenty-six of his favorite paintings for an exhibition at the National Gallery. Very different artworks were chose, some by fine artists and some by children's illustrators, but they all had one thing in common: a story to tell. - In this book Quentin urges children to use their imaginations and look for stories in pictures everywhere. Reissued with a new introduction from the author, Tell...

Young Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds the very last of Mr. Willy Wonka's golden tickets inside his chocolate bar. He wins the trip of a lifetime, a magical tour around Mr. Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Once inside, Charlie and the other four winners--Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teavee--witness amazing wonders: rainbow drops, lickable wallpaper, and even a chocolate waterfall. But what happens...

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket is back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded vermicious knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.

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.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate es una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil. El sanor Wonka, dueno de la magnifica fabrica de chocolate, ha escondido cinco billetes de oro en sus chocolatinas. Quienes los encuentren seran los elegidos para visitar la fabrica. Charlie tiene la fortuna de encontrar uno de esos billetes y, a partir de ese momento, su vida cambiara para siempre.--Amazon.com. Each of five children lucky enough...

Las brujas de todo el mundo, bajo la apariencia de senoras comunes y corrientes, estan celebrando su Congreso Anual. Han decidido convertir en ratones a todos los ninos sirviendose de un ratonizador magico. Conseguiran vencerlas el protagonista de esta historia y su abuela?

James es un nino huerfano que vive con dos tias muy severas que le hacen la vida imposible. Pero un dia, un extrano personaje le regala un cucurucho de bolitas magicas que hacen crecer sorprendentemente al viejo melocotonero del patio. Montado en un melocoton gigante, James inicia un viaje fascinante por el mundo entero. A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant...