Esio TrotWinner of the Smarties Prize (6-8 category) 1990, this is a tale of true love involving two middle-aged people and no less than 140 tortoises. The author also wrote Rhyme Stew, Matilda, The Twits and George's Marvellous Medicine. |
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... Esio Trot is a quirky , tender and truly original love story from Roald Dahl , our master of storytellers and winner of the 1989 Children's Author of the Year Award . £ 6.95 net IN UK ONLY OTHER BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY THE SAME AUTHOR ...
... Esio Trot is a quirky , tender and truly original love story from Roald Dahl , our master of storytellers and winner of the 1989 Children's Author of the Year Award . £ 6.95 net IN UK ONLY OTHER BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY THE SAME AUTHOR ...
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... Twits George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes The BFG Dirty Beasts The Witches Boy The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Going Solo Matilda Rhyme Stew Roald Dahl ESIO TROT Illustrations by Quentin Blake JONATHAN CAPE.
... Twits George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes The BFG Dirty Beasts The Witches Boy The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Going Solo Matilda Rhyme Stew Roald Dahl ESIO TROT Illustrations by Quentin Blake JONATHAN CAPE.
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... Esio trot is simply tortoise spelled back- wards , " Mr Hoppy said . " Look at it . " " So it is , " Mrs Silver said . " The other words are spelled backwards , too , " Mr Hoppy said . " If you turn them round into human language , they ...
... Esio trot is simply tortoise spelled back- wards , " Mr Hoppy said . " Look at it . " " So it is , " Mrs Silver said . " The other words are spelled backwards , too , " Mr Hoppy said . " If you turn them round into human language , they ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise beside a nice bit bigger bit smaller cabbage leaves Charlie Chocolate Factory claws closed claws opened colour crawl crispy celery Dahl's darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT FFUP PU FFUTS fifteen ounces GNIRPS PU grow hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lady lettuce little house little tortoise living-room LLEWS PU looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa ounces End pet tortoise pet-shop popped his head PUT ON FAT Quentin Blake Roald Dahl Roberta shouting Silver answered Silver cried Silver had gone Silver was saying Silver's balcony slowly smile stroking his shell TEG REGGIB REGGIB tell thirteen ounces TIB RELLAMS titchy TOOHS PU tortoise language Tortoise Number tortoise-catcher TUP NO TAF twenty-seven ounces week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear winner WOLB PU WORG PU نا