Roald Dahl
3) The BFG
Author
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
4) Matilda
Author
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
6) The Twits
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
76 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
Containing excerpts from earlier tributes to Dahl's work and wit, this is an eclectic and funny collection of tidbits by and about the late author. It also features a missing chapter from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
9) Matilda
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Matilda es una ávida lectora de solo cinco años. Sensible e inteligente, todos la admiran menos sus mediocres padres, que la consideran una inútil. Además, tiene poderes extraños y maravillosos... Un día, Matilda decide liberarse y empieza a emplearlos contra la abominable y cruel señorita Trunchbull.
10) Wonka
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Appears on list
Description
This enthralling combination of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka who is determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time and prove that the best things in life begin with a dream.
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (314 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Matilda is the smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents, her brother, and an evil school principal.
In an old house in Paris ... lives little but fearless Madeline who is the heroine of this family comedy based on the classic book series.
Annie is the story of a plucky red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her orphanage.
Series
Criterion collection volume 700
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (87 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. Based on the beloved, best selling book by Roald Dahl.
14) The witches
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
15) Revolting rhymes
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the adventures of fairy tale characters.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2000.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When U.S. and Soviet manned spaceships are hijacked in Earth's orbit, Agent 007 must race to prevent a nuclear war between the superpowers. His dangerous mission takes him to Japan, where he battles the evil SPECTRE organization and its diabolical leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld"--Container.
17) 36 hours
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The clock is ticking for the Nazis trying to dupe Jefferson Pike (James Garner) into giving up war secrets. They pose as U.S. physicians to convince the supposedly amnesiac Pike to unlock his memory by recalling his last assignment: planning for D-Day.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.