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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes Hardcover – 12 February 2002

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I guess you think you know this story.
You don't. The real one's much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .

With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened to Cinderella, Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood.

This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry) in Appendix B.

Reading age

8 - 12 years
Print length

11 pages
Language

English
Grade level

3 - 7
Dimensions

15.06 x 1.09 x 21.62 cm
Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publication date

12 February 2002
ISBN-10

0375815562
ISBN-13

978-0375815560
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"I guess you think you know this story.
You don't. The real one's much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .
With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened to Cinderella, Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood.

About the Author

Roald Dahl is, quite simply, one of the best loved children's book authors of all time.
He died in 1990 in Oxford, England, at the age of 74.

Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers; Rev ed. edition (12 February 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 11 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375815562
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375815560
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.06 x 1.09 x 21.62 cm

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- 1,611 in Short Story Collections for Children

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Roald Dahl
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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. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG.
He died in November 1990.
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Quentin Blake
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Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, CBE, FCSD, FRSL, RDI (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer. He may be known best for illustrating books written by Roald Dahl. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. From 1999 to 2001 he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Eaag14! (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Felix

Son loves it! What else can you ask for? :)

Reviewed in Australia on 23 October 2020

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Roald Dahl. Nothing more to say. AMAZING story telling.

Set came in a satchel but well protected with bubble wrap although I was expecting it in an Amazon box. No big drama.

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melissa

Great stories with a twist

Reviewed in Australia on 18 November 2020

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Love this stories! Got this as a kid and buying it for my own daughter.

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Carole Jones.

gift purchase for Granddaughter

Reviewed in Australia on 30 April 2021

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bought to help our granddaughter to enjoy her reading progress

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Wendelin Schnippenkoetter

Great reading with my son

Reviewed in Australia on 22 July 2019

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Great for reading with my son. Sent very promptly

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pjae27

If you haven't bought this or haven't read this, you must, it's a classic!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2017

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If you haven't bought this or haven't read this, you must, it's a classic!
6 classic fairy stories made even more gruesome and whole lot funnier. If you love Roald Dahl, you will love these stories. Each story is short and rhyming with wonderful Quentin Blake illustrations.

The stories are:
Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
The Three Little Pigs

Each story is hilarious, with humour that appeals to my 6 and 4 year olds, as well as their (*ahem*) 37 year old mother!

I cannot do justice here, to the clever writing and rhyming, but just one example I love is rhyming "palace" with "jealous" by spelling it 'jalous'. It always makes me laugh.

Every line is a treat and there are a number of lines that will stay with you forever, such as:
"The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers."

Although I adore this book, one word of warning: if you have a young child, who is sensitive, you might want to wait a while. My 4 year old daughter was a bit scared at first, so I left it. But now she is 6 she enjoys it. And my 4 year old son was fine straight away. There is violence (but then there is in all fairy stories).

The BBC have also made a great animated version of this, where they have cleverly weaved the stories together. A must watch too.

In summary: A classic, you must buy.
(The kindle version is great too)

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Sev Bay

I absolutely love this stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2022

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I am 41 years old and although I bought the book to read to my daughter Ikeep reading it for myself 😬 they are so interesting and fun to read. One of the best children's book!

Daniel Sharp

Product received did not have colour pictures as shown in the preview.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2020

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A great book with Roald Dahl's witty rhymes. No complaints about the actual content, but the preview showed colour pictures, but my book has black and white pictures..... so a bit misleading!

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Elka

Naughty but nice.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2011

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My 8 year old daughter did a school show of the Cinderella rhyme in this book and raved about it the whole time. That it was ''soooooooooooo funny'' and we had to get the book so she could read the other Dahl original takes on fairytales.
I grew up not even knowing he had tackled fairytales and given them the Dahl treatment. A mis-spent youth perhaps!
My daughter whizzed through the book, it isn't long and it didn't disappoint.
Old fashioned 'horridness' for todays young.
If you or yours, like mine, enjoy books with humour, silliness and that are more than a bit naughty then it could be for you.

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Katie

Kids thought it was hilarious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2020

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8&9 year old loved this book. Very funny and beautiful illustrations. Much loves by both boys and girls.
Excellent value for money

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