How strange to be a child who loves books and reading, but who is criticized for it by her parents how unusual to find a pupil who can do maths perfectly, yet is accused of cheating by her father when she answers a question correctly. Dent & SonsĮxcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaserīritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The author and publisher are grateful to the Trustees of the Estate of Dylan Thomas for permission to quote lines from 'In Country Sleep', from The Poems by Dylan Thomas, published by J. Introduction copyright (c) Julia Eccleshare, 2003 Illustrations copyright (c) Quentin Blake, 1988 Text copyright (c) Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1988 Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Englandįirst published by Johnathan Cape Ltd 1988 Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank 2196, South Africa Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
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