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4 MARCH 2021 Are you a story SUPERFAN?

Power up your brainbox and test your knowledge of our stories, are you a story superfan or a superflump?

IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, IN THE WITCHES, WHICH ANIMAL DO THE 1 WHO FINDS THE FIRST GOLDEN TICKET? 6 WITCHES PLAN TO TURN CHILDREN INTO?

a) Veruca Salt a) Mice b) Augustus Gloop b) Toads

c) Violet Beauregarde c) Bats

IN GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE, WHICH IN JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, WHICH 2 OF THESE INGREDIENTS DOES NOT GO INTO 7 ANIMAL DO JAMES’ PARENTS HAVE AN GEORGE’S SAUCEPAN? UNFORTUNATE RUN-IN WITH?

a) Lipstick a) A polar bear b) Bird seed b) A lion c) Washing-up liquid c) A rhinoceros

IN MATILDA, WHAT IS MR WORMWOOD’S JOB? IN THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME, 3 8 WHAT DO THE THREE ANIMALS DO FOR WORK? a) He sells second hand cars STORIES QUIZ b) He owns a sweetshop a) They own a hair salon c) He works in a supermarket b) They clean windows c) They perform at children’s birthday parties

IN FANTASTIC MR FOX, WHICH OF THE THREE 4 FARMERS IS THE TALLEST? 9 IN THE BFG, WHAT COLOUR IS FROBSCOTTLE? a) Boggis a) Pale green b) Bunce b) Dark purple c) Bean c) Sky blue

IN THE TWITS, WHAT TERRIBLE BEAST DOES MR IN THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, WHAT KIND 5 TWIT PRETEND THE FROG ON MRS TWIT’S PILLOW 10 OF ANIMAL IS MUGGLE-WUMP? IS? a) Elephant a) The Huge Crabcruncher b) Hippopotamus b) The Giant Skillywiggler c) Monkey c) The Enormous Blabbersnitch

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Can you create a cover for a book that you think Matilda would like to pick up and read? Use old newspapers and magazines to create a collage on the blank cover below. Use your imagination, it can be a cover for a book you’ve read – or it can be a cover for a book you’ve made up yourself!

Write a few lines about your chosen book – why do you like this book and/or what is the story about?

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Cut along the lines! © The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited / Quentin Blake 2021 Topsy-turvey TRICK The trick-loving Twits play lots of horrible pranks on each other, but this simple trick is much less nasty.

You can bet your life Mrs Twit knew all the YOU WILL NEED: tricks. One morning she took out her glass eye and dropped it into Mr Twit’s mug of A CUP beer when he wasn’t looking. A PIECE OF CARD Mr Twit sat there drinking the beer slowly. The froth made a white ring on the hairs around his mouth. Step 1: Fill your cup to the brim with water (so it’s just about to spill). ‘You’re plotting something,’ Mrs Twit said, keeping her back turned so he wouldn’t Step 2: Gently place a piece of card over the top. Make sure this is touching the rim see that she had taken out her glass eye. all the way round. ‘Whenever you go all quiet like that I know very well you’re plotting something.’ Step 3: Carefully turn your cup upside down, holding the card in place. When the Mrs Twit was right. Mr Twit was plotting cup is fully upside down remove your hand. away like mad. He was trying to think up a really nasty trick he could play on his wife Step 4: Invite your friends or family to that day. marvel at your incredible trick!

‘You’d better be careful,’ Mrs Twit said, TOP TIP! ‘because when I see you starting to plot, I This can be a bit fiddly to get right so watch you like a wombat.’ make sure you practice in an area that can get a bit soggy! Suddenly, as Mr Twit tipped the last drop of beer down his throat, he caught sight of Mrs Twit’s awful glass eye staring up at him from the bottom of the mug. It made him jump.

‘I told you I was watching you,’ cackled Mrs Twit.

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TERRIBLE AND TRICKSY TWITS? READ THE REST IN ROALD DAHL’S THE TWITS.

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HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU? WHAT WOULD YOUR IDEAL PET BE? a) Always reading a book a) A cat to curl up on my lap b) Always coming up with crazy ideas b) A lizard to impress all my friends c) Always happy to be in charge c) A dog I can take for long walks

WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM JOB BE? WHAT DO YOU FIND THE MOST ANNOYING? a) A librarian a) People who pick on my friends b) An inventor b) People who steal my brilliant ideas c) A super spy c) People who try to ruin my plans

HOW DO YOU LIKE TO SPEND YOUR FREE TIME? WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A COSTUME? a) Finishing the pile of books by my bed a) Something sensible b) Testing out new recipes in the kitchen b) Something stupendous c) Doing puzzles with my family c) Something stylish

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