Roald Dahl's Rotsome & Repulsant Words by Susan Rennie

Roald Dahl's Rotsome & Repulsant Words by Susan Rennie

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Summary

Cheeky chiddlers will love foxing grown-ups with Roald Dahl's mischievously insulting language. Plus get ready to be goose-gruggled and fluckgungled by the raft of snippets of serious language facts they will learn too. This little book is full of vermicious tips, definitions and examples from the World's No.1 storyteller.

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Roald Dahl's Rotsome & Repulsant Words by Susan Rennie

Illustrated by the razztwizzler Quentin Blake, this is the perfect introduction to the naughtiest words and phrases created by the world's No 1 Storyteller, from the bestselling Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary. It is the perfect introduction to get children making up their own words and learning how language works - having fun and being bold with words starts here.
As featured on BBC Breakfast and the BBC Radio 2 Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
This book 'offers a chance to explore and analyse Dahl's creative use of language, encouraging Dahl lovers of any age to have fun playing with his naughty-sounding words' * The Guardian *
Susan Rennie is the author of the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary and has also worked on many dictionaries for children and adults. She also writes books in Scots for children and has translated the first Scots edition of Tintin.
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ISBN 13 9780192771971
ISBN 10 0192771973
Title Roald Dahl's Rotsome & Repulsant Words
Author Susan Rennie
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2019-03-07
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.