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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Wonka – Sibéal Pounder: Roald Dahl, Paul King and Simon Farnaby

    Penguin Australia When I first found out about Wonka I was a little apprehensive, I admit. How could Dahl’s anarchic magic possibly be recreated? And then I saw that Timothée Chalamet  was cast as Wonka, and I relaxed quite a bit. Then I saw the first official trailer, and knew it would be alright. We haven’t…

  • The Witches – Roald Dahl

    Penguin Australia November 2020 ISBN: 9780241438817 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 Oh yes!! it’s arrived!! the scrumpdiddlyumptious new The Witches on the screen and in the book!!! Thank you so much to Penguin Australia for not only the opportunity to have the brand new edition of the original book with a whizzbanging new movie tie-in cover but the double…

  • The World of Roald Dahl – with illustrations by Quentin Blake

    Penguin Australia September 2020 Imprint: Puffin ISBN: 9780241447970 $19.99 Another stunning book from Puffin as the anniversary celebrations roll out and let’s face it, Roald Dahl is a gift that keeps on giving. I know I wouldn’t be the only one to need to keep replenishing RD books as they become increasingly battered due to much borrowing…

  • Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Book of Fun – Roald Dahl

    Penguin Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780241428139 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 What a legacy Roald Dahl left to us!  His books still remain some of the most heavily borrowed in the library, they are a staple of read-alouds in the classroom and the fun just keeps on coming to one generation after another. While the long holidays might be…

  • Roald Dahl’s Beastly Brutes & Heroic Human Beans

    A Brilliant Press-out Paper Adventure Roald Dahl: Illustrations by Quentin Blake Penguin August 2019 ISBN: 9781760891589 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $39.99 Roald Dahl is really like the ‘gift that keeps on giving’ don’t you think? For decades thousands of children have been eating up his stories which all remain as fresh and funny as when they were first published.…

  • Popcorn Movie Time: The BFG

    Last night we were fortunate enough – myself & Small, her little cousin The Divine Miss M and her BFF – to attend a preview 3D screening of Spielberg’s The BFG. Some reviews have claimed it didn’t translate well and if anything was ‘too faithful’ to Roald Dahl’s much-loved novel. I don’t need to explain…