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Roald Dahl: The Night Before Christmas

Roald Dahl: The Night Before Christmas

Summary

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all were in bed,
When some chiddlers thought . . . “We’ll be naughty instead!”

A gloriously naughty Christmas celebration, featuring a twist on the classic rhyme, a flap to lift on every spread and a surprise pop-up ending with the Enormous Crocodile!

Look out for more marvellous board books for titchy toddlers:

Roald Dahl: On the First Day of Christmas
Roald Dahl: Revolting Things to Touch and Feel
Roald Dahl: Marvellous Magnet Book
Roald Dahl: A Phizz-Whizzing 123 Finger Trail Book
Roald Dahl: A Phizz-Whizzing Shapes Finger Trail Book

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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