Wonderful Words for Writing

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Explore the world of words with inspiration from the stories of Roald Dahl. Become a vocabulary champion and make your writing stand out! Using examples inspired by the world of Roald Dahl, add some detail to your descriptions and depth to your dialogue with this phizz-whizzing vocabulary activity book. You'll be able to create characters and the worlds they live in, play around with similes, synonyms and homonyms, and build up your word bank with rich, descriptive language. This book supports vocabulary, grammar, language and comprehension skills for ages 7-11.

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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.