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Danny the Champion of the World

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Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, and Quentin Blake

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By Roald Dahl, and and, Quentin Blake

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""A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero"" – David Walliams

Danny lives in a caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life – so long as they don’t get caught … Do you love audio books? Listen to DANNY CHAMPION OF THE WORLD and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices- plus added squelchy sound effects!

Reviews

07 Sep 2025

Danny’s mum was really kind until she died and his dad was left on his own. All the love he had on his wife is now on Danny. He is such a sparky guy. He doesn’t laugh either his mouth, he laughs with his eyes which means it’s genuine.

05 Sep 2025

Going up against baddies - standing up to those more powerful - dad and son book. Great for boys

03 Sep 2025

descriptive and pleasant

31 Aug 2025

This book is about sneakiness and helping others.

29 Aug 2025

Fun and exciting

21 Aug 2025

It was really nice and it was almost as if you were inside the story.

20 Aug 2025

Love the message at the end about being a sparkly parent and having fun with your children. Great story showing a boy having fun with his dad.

16 Aug 2025

It is an excellent book and I think that Roald dahle is perfect.

13 Aug 2025

It is about Danny who lives in an old gypsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had.

All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell,a rich snob with a great glistening beery face and tiny piggy eyes.Nobody likes him, not one bit.

So one day Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his live-so long as they don't get caught...

10 Aug 2025

It was great. I liked the character Danny.

10 Aug 2025

I absolutely fell in love with this book the love and courage and bravery in this book is fantastic

09 Aug 2025

I wish it was a longer book but I really liked it. I liked the bit when the pheasants dropped out of the trees because they were asleep, it was very funny.

01 Aug 2025

It was non fiction, I liked Danny’s dad the most because he came across as kind. I enjoyed the part when Danny had to rescue his dad from falling into the trap and the doctor came to help in the middle of the night. I would recommend this book to others.

01 Aug 2025

I love this book! Danny is so brave and I’m glad it had a happy ending!

25 Jul 2025

I think Roald Dhal is a good author because his cool sentences inspired me. My favourite part in this book is when the BFG giant is tall enough to reach chidlrens windows and has a suitcase and a long vacuum sucker and makes dream powder for children.

20 Jul 2025

Fantastic story!

17 Jul 2025

I liked how all the pheasants and sleeping pills were working I don't like that all the keepers have guns

07 Jul 2025

I liked this book because it was a good book to read when you are board and i found it interesting as you could get ideas of what happened in the book. My favourite person is Danny's dad as he had a big dark secret . iI would recommend this book to people who like poaching

02 Jan 2025

My favourite bit was when all of the pheasants flew out of Mrs Clipstone's pram.

13 Oct 2024

A delightful tale

13 Oct 2024

A good book to encourage thinking about the past.

02 Oct 2024

I thought this book was amazing because of the part in the book when Mr Victor Hazell sweared well that was the bad part of the story because I don't like swearing

09 Sep 2024

I liked this book because it is adventurous.

04 Sep 2024

I did not like it because it was about killing pheasants.

02 Sep 2024

It’s so adventurous I think kids would love this

01 Sep 2024

Brilliant story

01 Sep 2024

The first thing I thought of it was that the whole thing was just a bunch of random stuff and a boy would go to the Olympics.

30 Aug 2024

My favourite Roald Dahl book . Low expectations, those were definitely met

26 Aug 2024

I liked it because at the start Danny thought his dad was the best dad in the world but he found out his dad was breaking the laws and got really sad.

23 Aug 2024

Amazing, I loved it so much!
Boring start but exciting, sad and interesting end

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