Revolting Rhymes

Name: Revolting Rhymes - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780241819074
Price: 215.00 ZAR
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Roald Dahl, Adam Larkum

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Flexible plastic / vinyl cover

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About the book

A fun-filled rhyming picture book version of Roald Dahl's iconic Revolting Rhymes, featuring the original text and now fully illustrated with brand-new and wickedly funny art.

Jack was nimble, Jack was keen. He scrambled up the mighty bean.

This is Jack and the Beanstalk as you've never known it before in this darkly comic twist on a classic fairy tale.

Jack's mother is furious that Jack has traded their cow for a single bean - until she realises the bean has sprouted into a ginormous beanstalk with golden leaves! But when Jack discovers there's a hungry giant with a keen sense of smell at the top of the beanstalk and comes home empty handed, his mother takes matters into her own hands . . .

With brand-new and...

About the Author

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

Adam Larkum

Adam studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art. As a student he won a competition to create a short film for MOMI and Channel 4, and once his career producing animated commercials was under way, he became an illustrator as well. He has regular columns in the UK and the US.