The Witches - (illus)

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them.Illustrated by Quentin Blake You could be sitting next to a witch and never know it. They look like ordinary women but are extremely dangerous to children. Luckily for the boy in the story, his grandmother knows what signs to look for, but things don't go as planned. The Witches by Roald Dahl has made many a child quiver with fear and delight! Witches really are a detestable breed. They disguise themselves as lovely ladies, when secretly they want to squish and squelch all the wretched children they despise. Luckily one boy and his grandmother know how to recognize these vile creatures - but can they get rid of them for good?"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations 'a True Genius . . . Roald Dahl Is My Hero' - David Walliams One Child A Week Is Fifty-two A Year. Squish Them And Squiggle Them And Make Them Disappear. Beware. There Are Witches Everywhere. Witches Could Be A Cashier In A Supermarket, A Woman Driving A Fancy Car, Or Even Your Own Teacher. The Only Thing A Witch Cares About Is Squelching Children. She Hunts And Squelches As Many Children As She Possibly Can. At Least One A Week. The Grand High Witch Hates Children Most Of All And Plans To Make Every Single One Of You Disappear. Only One Boy And His Grandmother Can Stop Her. But If Their Plan Fails, The Grand High Witch Will Frizzle Them Like Fritters, And Then What Will Happen? Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture Starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci And Chris Rock, Coming In October 2020. "One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear." This is a story about REAL WITCHES. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people. But they are far from ORDINARY . . . The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make each and every child disappear. That is, unless one boy and his grandmother can stop her . . . The text in this edition of The Witches was updated in 2022 for young independent readers. A book about 'real witches' - the ones that absolutely loathe children and are always plotting to get rid of them. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world. Features 'real witches' - the ones that absolutely loathe children and are always plotting to get rid of them