View Roald Dahl Books The Witches Pictures. Roald dahl is in my top 3 of favorite children's authors. The story is set partly in norway and partly in the england.
Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. Roald dahl was one of my favorite authors as a child, i soaked in every book i could get my tiny, grubby sticky fingers on. Ostensibly about scary witches that kill children, roald dahl has written a classic heartwarming story.
He has the ability to treat the horrible and ghastly with a light touch, sometimes even with a humorous one.
I savored every hilarious, perfect word in his books and the witches was no exception. Roald dahl's the witches tells the story of a brave young boy and his norwegian grandmother as they battle england's witches. Loved for their gleefully evil villains and their often mischievous sensibility, dahl's books introduce us to. Jonathan cape 1983 , 1983.