Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into it. Grandma's in for the surprise of her life — and so is George, when he sees the results of his mixture!

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG!
Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world’' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious...

The boy who talked with animals: Tells the tale of a young boy who saves an old turtle from being killed, apparently by talking to it. The hitchhiker: A writer gives a strange man a lift to the races. This hitchhiker possesses an incredible skill of picking pockets and puts it to use very effectively. The Mildenhall treasure: Apparently a true story which deals with the idea of luck rather than strange powers, and is an intriguing study of jealousy,...