A real witch spends all her time plotting to get rid of the children in her particular territory. It has a truly funny story that any child or adult alike would love. Who didnt, upon reading the witches, momentarily fix the nearest adult female with a beady eye, making a mental note to check for cavernous nostrils and blue spittle. Free ebook matilda dahl fiction author roald dahl and quentin blake the. Roald dahl is very well known for the novels, short stories, poetry and he is a very good screenwriter as well. That reallywould be the end of the whole organisation.
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I would highly advise young readers to read this book. Literature unit the witches roald dahl novel study. The witches in this novel wear dresses and makeup, and with their disguises they don. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. Feb 25, 2014 the witches is a fiction childrens novel written by roald dahl, and. The book is about a boy,the boy is not named and his grandmother who encounter the witches. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the witches. The witches may have been written by roald dahl, but his words come to life through the illustrations of quentin blake. Roald dahls the witches and 4 other childrens books that. Roald dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. Welcome to the official roald dahl website, where youll find all the latest news about the worlds no. Like most of roald dahl s books, the witches is about good overcoming evil. The book is about witches trying to get rid of chidren. Theres nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them.
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