Billy and the Minpins Award-winning author/illustrator

Roald Dahl’s final brilliant story: danger, magic and wild imagination! Tiny matchstick-size people vs evil giants. Can Billy save the day? Billy’s mum has a lot of rules. Rule #1: he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So one day, that’s exactly what he does! Billy doesn’t meet a monster. Instead, he meets the Minpins: tree-dwelling folk who are hardly bigger than matchsticks. But there really is a monster in the forest – the terrible, galloping GRUNCHER! Can Billy stop this hideous beast before it gobbles all the Minpins up?

The very last story by master storyteller Roald Dahl

Now with new colour illustrations by Quentin Blake

All the imagination and quirky wit of Dahl at his best

An essential to complete your Roald Dahl collection

Product Details

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780141377506

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

September 7th, 2017

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Other details

112 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933.

His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories.

His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt.

He wrote a number of books and short stories for adults, many of which were televised as the hugely popular Tales of the Unexpected.

But it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.” Millions of fans around the world agreed and have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!

From 1945 until his death, he lived at Gipsy House, in Buckinghamshire, where he wrote his famous children’s books. He died in hospital in Oxford, on November 23rd, 1990. His books have continued to be read and loved, and have been made into a number of hit films, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You can even visit the Roald Dahl Museum in the village where Dahl lived for most of his life.

In 2009 the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was established in his memory.