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The witches / Roald Dahl ; pictures by Quentin Blake ; [introduction by James Patterson].

Dahl, Roald, (author.). Blake, Quentin, (illustrator). Patterson, James, 1947- (writer of introduction). Roxburgh, Stephen, (author of afterword, colophon, etc).

Summary:

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witch's plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374384593
  • ISBN: 0374384592
  • ISBN: 9780142410110
  • ISBN: 014241011X
  • ISBN: 9780756982294
  • ISBN: 9780141349947
  • Physical Description: xiii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 30th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Afterword by Stephen Roxburgh, illustrated with images from the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre"--P. [vii].
"First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, 1983"--P. [4] of cover.
Introduction to the 30th anniversary edition by James Patterson.
Target Audience Note:
740L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 5 6448.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.5 7 Quiz: 12751 Guided reading level: R.
Subject:
Witches > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 16 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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