Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary
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By Susan Rennie (, Edinburgh, Scotland), Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl, and and, Oxford Dictionaries
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A new unique Roald Dahl Dictionary from Oxford. This is not an ordinary dictionary. After all, you wouldn’t expect an ‘Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary’ to be ordinary, would you? Lots of dictionaries tell you what an ‘alligator’ is, or how to spell ‘balloon’ but they won’t explain the difference between a ‘ringbeller’ and a ‘trogglehumper’, or say why witches need ‘gruntles’ eggs’ or suggest a word for the shape of a ‘Knid’. This dictionary does all those things. All the words that Roald Dahl invented are here, like ‘biffsquiggled’ and ‘whizzpopping’ to remind you what means what, but that is not all. You’ll also find out where words came from, rhyming words, synonyms and lots of alternative words for words that are overused. Oxford Children’s Dictionaries are perfect for supporting literacy and learning and this is the world’s first Roald Dahl Dictionary from the word experts at Oxford University Press. With real citations from Roald Dahl’s children’s books and illustrations by Quentin Blake, this is authoritative, engaging and accessible and will inspire and encourage young writers and readers.
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To be honest, I think it is one of the most friendly and amazing dictionaries i’ve ever read. From aadvark to zozimius, it is completely Roald Dahl.
It was very good and I especially liked finding the word Snozcumber
This was a good dictionary and it included funny words that Roald Dahl made up, I thought it was good.
I would recommend it.
Beautiful book. Children can learn words and their real meaning. I was having to explain meaning of some words. But this book helped me to understand meaning and i am able to shere it with my friends
This book is perfect for the kids. Loads of words and their meaning. I have lean many new words which i do understand meaning just because this book.
love it
Cool
Kind of funny
Very funny. Very cheeky. My mum never new what I was saying. I could tell my teacher what I had written in my diary. I even poured my heart out to my friends.
This book is great for people who like Roald Dahl and want to know the meanings of some of his words.
If you like Roald Dahl books you'll like this!
I like this book cause if your needing to write a funny book with some strange words this is the right thing to read.
it tells you all the roald dahl's words that he made up
It was very funny & can also be used as a normal dictionary. I loved all of the funny Ronald Dahl book words.
Extremely funny if you're prepared to read the whole of it.
Whoppsy-whiffling and gloriumptious!
I highly recommend this book
This book was really cool I now use some of the words in there and my family have no clue what I am saying I highly recommend this book
it is good to find facts
All of the wird and wonderful words that Roald Dahl used