Audio - Roald Dahl Titles 1999
New Audio - Roald Dahl Titles
1999
Roald Dahl
The Minpins
Published September 99 by Puffin Audio at £4.99
ISBN: 0-14-180092-5
Read by Richard Pasco
When Little Billy becomes tired of being good, the Devil lures him into the forest, and that's where his adventures begin.
Hiding in a tree to escape the terrifying wild beasts who live there, Billy discovers the Minpins, the tiny people who own the wood. The Minpins soon become Billy's new friends and he, in turn, does them an enormous favour...
Richard Pasco CBE, has performed in numerous West End plays, Royal National Theatre and RSC productions. His television work includes Kavanagh QC, Bramwell, Inspector Morse, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Dance to the Music of Time. He has also read The Epic of Gilgamesh, Frankenstein, The Aeneid and The Canterbury Tales for Penguin Audiobooks.
1 Cassettes Running Time: 60 mins
About The Author
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head' sustained as an RAF fighter pilot during the Second World War. Roald Dahl is one of the most successful and well-known of all children's writers. His books, which are read by children the world over, include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Witches, winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award, and Matilda. Roald Dahl died in 1990.
