Dahl, Roald

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.

Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.