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Splendiferous Stories

Splendiferous Stories

Summary

Who can be a writer? You can! Start the story machine, choose your heroes and villains, and you’re off – from brilliant beginnings to excellent endings!
  • Supports the Key Stage 2 curriculum for ages 7-11
  • Packed full of fun activities and writing prompts to expand vocabulary and develop creative writing skills.
  • Find out how to set the scene, give your characters a voice, and guide them through the action.
  • By the end of this book you’ll have written your very own splendiferous story!

How to Be a Writer gives aspiring writers to room to get creative. Pick up a pen and have a go at new techniques and styles! Filled with tips and examples inspired by the world of Roald Dahl to spark ideas, and with plenty of space on the page to practise the skills needed for story writing.

About the authors

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.
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Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.
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