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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

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

17 Aug 2024

My favourites character is Danny.

I liked when they went out to hunt pheasants.

14 Aug 2024

I liked it, because the kid and his dad who sold petrol beat the bad guy the mayor.

05 Aug 2024

An amusing read of pheasant-hunting, a recommendation to all children. Follow along as Danny and his father hatch up a plan to capture all of a nasty neighbour's pheasants. I liked Danny the best, followed by his dad and Doctor Spencer.

04 Aug 2024

I thought it was really, really exciting because I really liked how their life was very different from ours and they went into the woods and nearly got shot t a keeper!!!

02 Aug 2024

Good book

31 Jul 2024

Our house is surrounded by pheasants so we loved this book and enjoyed Danny’s relationship with his father and all the other interesting characters we met along the way.

30 Jul 2024

It was ok but didn't make much sense.

30 Jul 2024

I loved the fact that he got to play with engines

15 Jul 2024

It was OK

11 Jul 2024

It was great. Favourite character Danny.It interested me because it was so epic.

01 Jul 2024

This book was amazing and i learned a word called "poaching" that i never heard befor

01 Jul 2024

I liked the bit where they shared the turkeys with their friends. I’d probably tell my friend who loves reading books too to read this one.

28 Jun 2024

I loved this book because Danny and his dad hunted pheasants and Danny took care of his Father when he broke his leg

14 Apr 2024

My favourite person was Danny because he was brave when he and his dad went poaching

13 Jan 2024

amazing

04 Jan 2024

Loved the book, very interesting

01 Jan 2024

I loved it and cried when I finished it!

13 Dec 2023

So excited because it Celt on going

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