num_pages: 64
description: I guess you think you know this story.  You don't. The real one's much more gory.  The phoney one, the one you know,  Was cooked up years and years ago. . . .With his famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened to Cinderella, Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood.This edition collects the following stories adapted by Roald Dahl, alongside color illustrations by Quentin Blake:- Cinderella- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- Jack and the Beanstock- Goldilocks and the Three Bears- Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf- The Three Little PigsThis edition also includes an interview with Roald Dahl, including questions such as "What it is like writing a book?", "How do you get the ideas for your stories?", and more.Note - This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry) in Appendix B.
language: English
title: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
titlecomplete: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
genres: Classics, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Poetry
ratings_count: 20565
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Vlag en Wimpel Penseeljury
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers