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Here you have the British books which you need to do our book project... Let's get down to business!
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in the woods. The Gruffalo was initially published in 1999 in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books . It was written for children aged three to seven.
The story of a mouse's walk through the woods. The mouse finds dangerous animals (a fox, an owl, and a snake). They want to eat the mouse but the mouse tells each animal that he has plans to have dinner with his friend, a "gruffalo", a monster who loves eating these animals. The animals are scared and they run away.
At the end, the mouse is surprised because he sees a real gruffalo.
The grufallo wants to eat the mouse, but the mouse tells the gruffalo that he scarier than all animals and he demonstrates to the Gruffalo.
The mouse and the Gruffalo go t osee the fox, the owl and the snake and they run away. Then the Gruffalo believes the mouse and the Gruffalo also runs away.
Matilda
Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations were made by Quentin Blake. This book was published for six year old children and up.
Matilda Wormwood, a five-and-half-year-old girl has read a variety of books by different authors, especially at the age of four, when she read many in six months.
At school, Matilda befriends her teacher, Miss Honey, who is surprised by her intellectual abilities. she tries to move her into a higher class but is refused by the headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.
Matilda has telekinesis Powers and she shows them to Miss Honey, who says that she was raised by an abusive aunt, Miss Trunchbull.
Preparing to avenge Miss Honey, Matilda develops her telekinetic gift through practice at home. Later, Matilda telekinetically raises a piece of chalk to the blackboard and writes on it, demanding that Miss Trunchbull leaves the region forever. This is soon done, and Matilda does not use her telekinesis anymore.
Matilda continues to visit Miss Honey at her house regularly, but one day her parents are packing to escape from the pólice. Matilda asks to live with Miss Honey, and their parents say yes.
The cat in the hat
The cat in the hat is a children’s book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. This book was published by Random House in 1957 and it that tells the story of a cat which appears at the house of Sally and her brother one rainy day when their mother is away to entertain them. In the process he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, untidy the house. The children and their fish become more and more alarmed until the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before the children's mother comes home.
The age group of this book is age 6 to 9.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Lewis Carroll. This book was published by MacMillan Publishers for children who are 7 years old or more and it tells of a young girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures.
The book, which has been translated into at least 97 languages, begins wth Alice reading a book and…. Suddenly, she sees the White Rabbit running on a hurry towards a rabbit hole and Alice decides to follow him.
In Wonderland, she meets different strange characters, including the Cheshire Cat, who invites her to attend a tea party thrown by the March Hare; the he Mad Hatter, who tries to cut her hair and then Alice runs away from the tea party. Then She soon finds herself in a garden where servants are painting roses red to please the Queen of Hearts. Alice is called to testify against a tart thief. When Alice admits she knows nothing about the crime, the Queen orders her execution. Alice wakes up at the last minute to realize this was all a dream.
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children's novel by British author Roald Dahl and illustrations by Quentin Blake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy was published in 1964 by Scholastic Corporation and the story is about the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Charlie Bucket lives in a small house with his parents and four grandparents. One day, Grandpa Joe tells him about the legendary and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and all the wonderful sweets and chocolates he made until the other chocolatiers sent in spies to steal his secret recipes, when Willy Wonka closed the factory
The next day, the newspaper announces that Wonka is re-opening the factory and has invited five lucky children to come on a tour, if they find a Golden Ticket inside a Wonka Bar. The first four golden tickets are found by the gluttonous Augustus Gloop, the spoiled and petulant Veruca Salt, the chewing gum-addicted Violet Beauregarde, and the television-obsessed Mike Teavee.
One day, Charlie buys a Wonka Bar and finds the fifth and final golden ticket and he and Grandpa Joe go to the factory. In the factory, Willy Wonka takes the kids and their parents inside where they meet the Oompa-Loompas, a race of small people who help him operate the factory.
The other kids are ejected from the tour in comical, mysterious and painful ways.
With only Charlie remaining in the end, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. They ride the Great Glass Elevator to Charlie's house while the other four children go home. Afterwards, Wonka invites Charlie's family to come and live with him in the factory.
