Revolting Rhymes - Roald Dahl

Simply one of the best childrens' books, children will love the mischief that these characters (and Dahl) get up to in these (slightly) twisted versions of traditional tales. Snow White, The Three Little Pigs and Cinderella are amongst thetales retold in verse with Dahl's delicious biting humour. Superbly illustrated by Quentin Blake, the illustrations alone would make you howl. No Dahl book is quite the same without Blake. I remember having this in my class library and shortly after getting a sweet but slightly pointed letter from a parent (all done in verse too, I should have kept it..) asking if a book that mentioned 'bras' and ...  Read the complete review

Roald Dahl has to be one of those authors that everyone knows. I certainly loved all of his books when I was younger, and they are all still going strong today even though sadly he is no longer around. One of my all time favourites was his book of 'Revolting Rhymes' and I am just beginning to enjoy it second time around as my daughter start to discover it. Revolting Rhymes is a series of longish poems which are based on six of the most well known fairy tales, such as 'Cinderella' and 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. However, these are poems with a difference as they give an entirely different slant on all of the stories we know and love so well! There are a ...  Read the complete review