George's Marvelous Medicine

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Penguin, Sep 5, 2017 - Juvenile Fiction - 112 pages
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From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda comes the story of a not-so-lovely grandma, a boy, and a magical medicine.

George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her chronic grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into it. Grandma’s in for the surprise of her life–and so is George, when he sees the results of his mixture!
 

Contents

Grandma
1
The Marvelous Plan
10
Animal Pills
22
Brown Paint
29
The Brown
41
The Pig the Bullocks the Sheep the Pony
48
A Crane for Grandma
58
Marvelous Medicine Number
68
Marvelous Medicine Number Four
76
Goodby Grandma
83
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About the author (2017)

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryMatildaThe BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World’s No.1 storyteller.

Sir Quentin Blake, the first-ever Children’s Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated nearly 300 books, including most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books. He lives in London.

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