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The Great Mouse Plot

‘You had the idea — so you can be the one to put the mouse in the jar.’

This is a true story.

Every day the boy walks past a sweet shop filled with jars of delicious gobstoppers and sticky treacle toffees. But there is one terrible problem. The shop is owned by Mrs Pratchett, a skinny old hag with filthy finger nails. She is so mean that the boy decides to trick her — and he’s got the perfect plan...

Did you know that this boy grew up to become the writer Roald Dahl?

Discover secrets about the World’s Number 1 Storyteller and start your Roald Dahl 100 celebrations in 2016 with this very special World Book Day story!

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 80
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-136792-7
  • EAN
  • 9780141367927
  • Genres
  • childrens, classics, fiction
  • Release date
  • 2016