We’ve had an exciting month for publishing here at Roald Dahl, with four brand-new releases for brilliant bookworms to get their hands on.
From recipe books to new novels, keep reading to discover the splendiferous new range.
FOUR NEW ROALD DAHL PUBLISHING RELEASES
October 6, 2023
WHERE'S WONKA
Open the gates of the chocolate factory and explore a wonderfully wonky world of delights with the new search-and-find book: Where’s Wonka.
You’ll find twelve unique double spreads based on the world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, brought to life by the ingenious illustrations of Wren McDonald and bursting with unlikely surprises.
From the Boiled Sweet Boat to the Inventing Room, you'll be looking for a collection of hidden items including Golden Tickets, toffee apple trees, scrumptious sweets, and all the weird and wonderful fascinations that walk the factory floors (a cow in a wig anyone?).
You’ll meet all your favourite characters from the story, the good and the gruesome. We’re talking Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop and of course, the man we’re always on the search for – Willy Wonka himself (he’ll be especially tricky to track down).
MARVELLOUSLY REVOLTING RECIPES
Introducing the new book in the Revolting Recipes collection!
Marvellously Revolting Recipes features 26 brand new recipes inspired by Roald Dahl stories including marvellous (and most revolting) recipes for Fried Snowballs from James and the Giant Peach, Vita-Wonk from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Monkey Bark inspired by The Twits.
The delightfully disgusting recipe book also features beloved family favourites from previous books in the Revolting Recipes series such as Wormy Spaghetti, Snozzcumber and The Enormous Crocodile!
The recipes are newly illustrated by some of the most celebrated artists working in children’s books today including Chris Riddell, Axel Scheffler, Emma Chichester-Clark, Diane Ewen, Mini Grey and Rikin Parekh alongside Quentin Blake’s well-known and much-loved illustrations.
ROALD DAHL: A PHIZZ-WHIZZING 123 FINGER TRAIL BOOK
Have fun learning your very first numbers with your favourite Dahl characters in this interactive board book!
From one rotsome beard to five grubby toes, chiddlers can follow the finger trails to form first numbers and have phizz-whizzing counting fun!
This is the most recent in a collection of board books in the Roald Dahl range including ABC, Shapes, Opposites, Lift-the-flap Hide and Seek, and First 100 Words.
Absolutely perfect for the most titchy of budding bookworms.
WONKA
You can now pre-order the novelisation of the upcoming Wonka film!
The film is a prequel based on the central character of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, focused on Willy Wonka's origins and career. It is created by Paul King (writer and director of the Paddington films) and written for film by King, along with writer and actor Simon Farnaby.
The Wonka film tie-in novelisation is written by children's author Sibéal Pounder, and is publishing on 15th December 2023.
Our Head of Books commended, "Both the movie and its novelisation capture the unique spirit of Dahl's original stories and characters - thanks to the brilliance of Paul King's original story and Sibéal Pounder's skilful adaptation from screen to page."