The Magic Finger (Colour Edition)

Author: Roald Dahl

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  • : $17.00 AUD
  • : 9780141348681
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 0.244
  • : April 2014
  • : 264mm X 196mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 16.99
  • : June 2014
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  • : Quentin Blake
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Barcode 9780141348681
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Description

Illustrated by Quentin Blake, this classic Dahl story is about an unusual little girl who has a magic finger. When things go wrong, she inflicts punishment by flashing her magic finger. The results include her teacher growing whiskers and a tail.

Author description

Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He was educated in England before going to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. With the outbreak of World War II, he became an RAF fighter pilot. He began writing for adults at the close of the war, with the encouragement of C. S. Forester. His first children's book, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961 and each of his subsequent books became bestsellers. He is still the best selling children's writer of all time. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. His first drawings were published in Punch when he was sixteen. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Besides being an illustrator he taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art and in 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate! Six years later he was awarded a CBE for services to children's literature and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours - which means his full title is Sir Quentin Blake, but he prefers just Quentin.