The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (Classic Collection)
Author(s): Roald Dahl
"The Pelican spread his huge white wings and flew down on to the road beside me. 'Hop in,' he said, opening his enormous beak . . ." MEET BILLY. A kid with a dream. He wants to turn an old wooden house into an incredible sweetshop full of treats! AND MEET THE LADDERLESS WINDOW-CLEANING COMPANY: Monkey, Pelican (Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe?!). They have just landed a big break cleaning all six hundred and seventy-seven windows of the mansion owned by the richest man in all of England! All they need now is a little help from Billy. Can these unlikely new friends make Billy's wildest dreams come true and take him on an adventure he'll never forget . . .? The text in this edition of The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.
Product Information
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.368317
- : 31 December 2023
- : .6 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roald Dahl
- : 96
- : English
- : Quentin Blake
- : Paperback
