Roald Dahl's Beastly Brutes & Heroic Human Beans

About the Author Stella Caldwell is a children's author who has worked in book publishing for many years. With two children of her own, she enjoys making all sorts of subjects accessible to a young audience, and has written widely on topics ranging from history and mythology to science and the natural world. Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No.1 storyteller. Quentin Blake's books have won numerous prizes, including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he was appointed the first ever Children's Laureate, and in 2002 won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. Product Description It's time to meet Roald Dahl's larger-than-life characters as you've never seen them before in this madcap adventure. Focusing on four of Roald's most-loved books – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and The Twits – this book is brimming with all your favourite figures. Meet the main characters from each story illustrated by Quentin Blake, and then let them guide you around their worlds, introducing you to the rest of the cast! The die-cut pages let you create a wonderful work of art inside a book – simply press out parts of the pages to reveal a glorious parade of characters, interacting with each other in quirky and mischievous ways – plus press out and keep some of your favourites! Includes an envelope inside the back cover, to store the press-out characters. Book Description The fantastic characters from Roald Dahl's books are presented in an entirely new way. Die-cut pages allow you to flip through the colourful book, pressing out the shapes and peeking through to the treats that lie ahead, to create a parade of heroes and villains, from tyrannical monsters to big friendly giants!