Look insideGeorge's Marvellous Medicine (Colour Edition)
The ghastliest potion in history – in colour. (Pig pills. Bath bubbles. Floor polish.) Quentin Blake’s colour pictures plus Roald Dahl’s funny story: it’s a totally magical mix! Have you ever mixed a horrid potion in the garden or the playground? Now one little boy, George, is making the yuckiest potion of all. It’s for his granny: a witchy bully who loves to frighten him. So George gives her a dose of his own special medicine. But what will it do? Hmmm: Granny is sizzling. She’s swizzling. And now she’s shooting through the roof…
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is probably the best loved children’s author ever, creator of iconic characters like Matilda, Willy Wonka and the BFG!
Awards
Roald Dahl has won many awards for his books including the Whitbread Award for The Witches in 1983, the Smarties Award in 1990 for Esio Trot and the Blue Peter prize for Matilda in 2000. In 2008 the Roald Dahl estate launched an award in his name – the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
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Awards
Quentin Blake was awarded the 2012 Eleanor Farjeon prize for services to children’s literature.