Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Read the tale of the man who pulls, and pulls, and pulls the enormous turnip, but cannot move it ...

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they’ll love their English lessons too.

Classic Tales - bringing the magic of traditional storytelling to language learning.
The stories are carefully graded at Levels 1-5 to provide easy and enjoyable reading. Beautiful illustrations on every page work closely with the text to help understanding.
Each Classic Tale also includes activities related to the story, and a picture dictionary or glossary.

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Read the tale of Amrita and the forest trees. What happens when the king's men want to chop down the trees?

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they’ll love their English lessons too.

Enjoy this beautiful story of the fawn Bambi's first year of life in the forest...

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they’ll love their English lessons too.