Esio Trot (Colour Edition)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Esio Trot (Colour Edition)
By (Author) Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
28th November 2016
6th October 2016
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
64
Width 198mm, Height 263mm, Spine 5mm
247g
Description
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone. Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves her. And Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day his mind goes click and an amazing idea rushes into his head. With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart
Author Bio
Roald Dahl (Author) 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. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER. Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 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.
