As an author he has written and illustrated a number of bestselling children’s books including The Green Shipand Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets. One of Britain’s finest living illustrators, Quentin Blake has put pictures to more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator. He remains the world’s number one storyteller.

He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. No-one is more cunning than fantastic Mr Fox and he has some tricks up his sleeve to make the farmers wish they’d never thought to out-smart the smartest creature of all. Waterstones takes you underground to join a courageous crew of woodland animals led by fantastic Mr Fox as they try to stay one step ahead of the farmers.

Every night cunning Mr Fox creeps into their farms and helps himself to a delicious dinner, but now Mr Boggis, Mr Bunce and Mr Bean have other ideas. They usually spend their time gobbling down enormous dinners of boiled chicken, duck-filled doughnuts washed down with gallons of cider but now these three repulsive specimens are at war.įor under a tree on the hill nearby live a fox and his friends: Mr Badger, Mr Mole, Mr Weasel, Mr Rabbit and their families. These three men are farmers and a more disgusting trio cannot be imagined. I hope you’ve never had the misfortune to meet anyone as cruel and callous as Mr Boggis, Mr Bunce and Mr Bean. Fox.I’ll tell you what we don’t do,” Bean said “We don’t let him go!” Filled with photos, script pages, storyboards, and interviews with cast and crew, this book is a delightful and intriguing peek at the magic that happens as the filmmakers bring to life one of children's literature's most beloved characters: the outrageous, audacious, Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Making of the Motion Picture is a family-friendly behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the film. Starring the voice talents of George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), and Jason Schwartzman (Marie Antoinette), the movie is sure to please fans of the original story as well as enchant new generations. In Fall 2009, audiences will cheer as award-winning director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) brings us his take on the tale: a blockbuster stop-motion animation film shot entirely in high definition. Fox slips back into his old ways as a smart bird thief and, in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community as well. After twelve years, the Fox Family's quiet home life proves too much for Mr. Originally published in 1970, Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr.

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