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Rowie, to whom I read this book yesterday, would like other four-year-olds to know that it has a flying cow who poos on someone's head. You can see a picture and everything.

I am currently trying to read all of Roald Dahl's books and re-read a lot of them. This book was about multiple different "creatures," which were real animals with twists. "Stingaling the scorpion to Crocky-Wock the crocodile, Dahl's animals are nothing short of ridiculous. A clever pig with an unment Leggi tutto

What?!? There's a Dahl book that I'd not previously read!! This second collection of poem's doesn't quite match the brilliance of Revolting Rhythms, though his humorously dark take on various animals is still a fun quirky read. My favourite of these tales was the opening poem concerning an intelligent Leggi tutto

An emaciated anteater that will eat your favorite aunt; a carnivorous crocodile that, if given the say on how his meals should be prepared, prefers little boys lathered with mustard and little girls basted in butterscotch; a pig in the throes of an existential crisis who eats a butcher; a hedgehog t Leggi tutto

Sweet, charming and extremely entertaining. Audiobook Comments Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig read this one - and they made it a super fun listen. YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads

An over-the-top account of some perfectly ridiculous beasts with exaggerated qualities, and somewhat gory. But an absolutely fun casual read!

Alongside Revolting Rhymes this is an absolute must have book. Full of fun, at times slightly naughty tales that kids will adore this once again proves why Roald Dahl is so beloved to children (and adults) worldwide.

This book contains some of Roald Dahl's best and funniest poems. My daughter had to hide under the covers when I read about children being eaten by lions, alligators and ant-eaters. So she has only given this book 4 stars as it was scary.

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When I was young, I used to read all of Roald Dahl's stories. Some of my personal favorites were Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits and George's Marvelous Medicine. But another one of my favorite stories from the Roald Dahl collection is Dirty Beasts. Di Leggi tutto