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Danny champion du monde

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 2020 Puffin Books

Livre
Fiction
Roman

Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.

illustrateur : Blake, Quentin / 1 vol. (261 p.)

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• Mécanique (Technologie / Mécanisme)

Langue : Français

The Bfg The Big Fat Giant (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 2010 Gallimard

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Fiction
Roman

Une nuit, Sophie, en pension dans un orphelinat, aperçoit un être étrange derrière sa fenêtre. Cet homme l'empoigne et la conduit au pays des géants. D'abord épouvantée, elle a peur d'être dévorée. Mais très vite, la fillette se rend compte que ce géant est un géant peu commun...

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Langue : Français

Going solo (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

As a young man, Roald Dahl's adventures took him from London to East Africa, until the Second World War began and he became a RAF pilot. You'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with deadly green mambas and hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling. Going Solo is exciting, enthralling and just like its prequel Boy - it's all TRUE.. Illustrated with photographs and original letters.

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• Aviation (Transport / Véhicule / Avion / Aéronautique)
• Tanzanie (Prévention / Éducation à la santé / Science)

Langue : Français

Fantastic Mr Fox (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 1998 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Conte

Chaque soir, trois fermiers se font subtiliser des volailles par Maître Renard. Les éleveurs s'allient contre Maitre Renard...

Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox—Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now.

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Langue : Français

George's marvellous medecine (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

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!

Mots clefs :

• Médicament (Médecine / Soin / Santé / Science)

Langue : Français

Le doigt magique

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 2010 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

Une petite fille qui possède un doigt magique le pointe sur des chasseurs qui vont être transformés en oiseau !!!

To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems….

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Langue : Français

Esio Trot (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 1990 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

M. Hoppy aime en secret Mme Silver mais celle-ci n'a d'yeux que pour sa tortue Alfred. Comment la conquérir ?

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Langue : Français

The giraffe and the pelly and me

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 2011 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

La girafe au long cou, le Pélican au bec escamotable, et le singe agile forment, avec le jeune Billy, la plus curieuse équipe de laveurs de carreaux qu'on ait jamais inventée...

The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don’t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. Now they have their big break—a chance to clean all 677 windows of the Hampshire House, owned by the richest man in all of England! That’s exciting enough, but along the way there are surprises and adventures beyond their wildest window-washing dreams.

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Langue : Français

Billy and the minpins (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 2018 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, he does exactly that! There Billy meets the amazing Minpins, tiny people who live inside the hollow trees. But the Minpins are in danger. The terrible, galloping Gruncher stalks the forest, and the Minpins are disappearing in their thousands. Can Billy find a way to destroy the hungry beast, once and for all--or will it gobble him up too?

illustrateur : Blake, Quentin

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Langue : Français

The Twits (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 1980 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

L’histoire de deux vieillards Compère et Commère Gredin, sales et méchants. Une équipe de crapules qui terrorise les enfants, mais qui est encore plus bête que méchante.

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.

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Langue : Français

James and the giant peach (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Publié en 1990 Puffin Books

Livre
Fiction
Roman

L’histoire de James, un orphelin maltraité par ses deux tantes et qui, après avoir rencontré un vieil homme va voyager dans l’imaginaire avec ses amis les animaux.

After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends—Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!

Mots clefs :

• Orphelin (Problème social / Famille)

Langue : Français

The witches (in english)

Dahl, Roald

Puffin Books

Livre
Fiction
Roman

"Un enfant par semaine, cela représente cinquante-deux enfants par an. Un tour, deux tours de moulinette et hop ! ... plus d'enfant !" ATTENTION : les vraies sorcières sont habillées de façon ordinaire et ressemblent à n'importe qui. Mais elles ne sont pas ordinaires. Elles passent leur temps à dresser les plans les plus démoniaques et elles détestent les enfants. La grandissime sorcière les déteste plus que tout et compte bien les faire tous disparaître. Seuls un garçon et sa grand-mère peuvent l'en empêcher, mais si leur plan échoue, la grandissime sorcière va les faire frrrire comme des frrrites.

This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories—but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!

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Langue : Français