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Revolting Rhymes

Revolting Rhymes

byRoald Dahl
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Felix
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
4.0 out of 5 stars 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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Sunny Zhou
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Australia on 1 July 2020
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pjae27
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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!
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Daniel Sharp
4.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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