They reward him by sending the swan to serve as Little Billy's own personal transport every night, which he uses to explore the world and to continue his newfound friendship with the Minpins. My daughter bought this with her birthday money, it was delivered quickly thanks to Prime and she was finished it within a few hours. Some people may think that Blake's style better fits the Dahl books of the early 1980s, but here Blake shows remarkable restraint in depicting Billy's adventures with the Minpins.

My middle child didn't tell me till he was a teenager how he would run into his bedroom scared and jump into bed and pull the covers up over his head after I read this book to him. Have two children who are Roald Dahl fans but neither of them were particularly keen on this particular book compared to his other books. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

Soon, Little Billy is walking through the forest when he hears something coming after him, and runs to escape it. Little Billy doesn't believe his mother, and the Devil whispers to Little Billy that the monsters don't exist, and there is a plethora of luscious wild strawberries in the forest. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG. This resulted in new illustrations for James, the two Charlie stories, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox and Danny the Champion of the World.From his iconic illustrations of The BFG and Matilda to Mr Stink with birds and beasts of all shapes and sizes along the way, Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator Quentin Blake has been making us smile for more than half a century. He escapes what he is sure must be the Spittler by climbing up a tree as high and as fast as he can. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.