George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

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In this popular Dahl story, George creates a very special medicine to cure his grandma of her nasty habits.

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George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered up mouth like a dog's bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of medicine, but it doesn't seem to do her any good. She's always just as poisonous after she's taken it as she was before. When George is left to look after her one morning, it's just the chance he needs ...
"This is the perfect book for young readers who have developed a taste for reading about gruesome and wicked things" Big Issue Scotland
The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author. His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. He died in November 1990. Quentin Blake is well known as Roald Dahl's principal illustrator but has also written and illustrated a great many picture books of his own, such as Mister Magnolia and Zagazoo. He was the first Children's Laureate from 1999 to 2001
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ISBN 13 9780224019019
ISBN 10 0224019015
Title George's Marvellous Medicine
Author Dahl Roald
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published 1981-05-21
Number of pages 96
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.