Esio Trot

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.40

  Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. Unfortunately she lavishes all her affection on another ...Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises, large and small.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.40

  This is the wonderful and warm-hearted Roald Dahl classic, Esio Trot . Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last? A brand new Quentin Blake cover gives this much-loved classic a great new look. A true genius...Roald Dahl is my hero . (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990, and total sales are now over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! The Enormous Crocodile ; Fantastic Mr Fox ; The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me ; The Magic finger ; The Twits ; The BFP ; Boy: Tales of Childhood ; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator ; The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka ; Danny the Champion of the World ; George's Marvellous Medicine ; Going Solo ; James and the Giant Peach ; Matilda ; The Witches ; Dirty Beasts ; The Minpins ; Revolting Rhymes For Teens: The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories ; Rhyme Stew ; Skin and Other Stories ; The Vicar of Nibbleswicke ; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More .