Dirty Beasts - Hardcover

Dahl, Roald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857550578 ISBN 13: 9780857550576

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2012

Synopsis

Meet the dirtiest beasts in the world! The comic creations in these rhymes can be bloodthirsty, gruesome and often act in unexpected ways. A collection of hilarious and naughty rhymes with a touch of the magical, and a dash of the dangerous...

About this title

Book Description:

A stylish black-and-white hardback of Roald Dahl's classic rhymes, featuring the most ghastly menagerie of dirty beasts you could ever hope not to meet.

About the Author:

Roald Dahl (Author)
The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author. His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. He died in November 1990.

Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857550578
• ISBN 13: 9780857550576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Blake Quentin