At school, Roald Dahl looked forward most to those special days when the local chocolate company sent every pupil a large box of chocolate bars for testing. Years later he wrote a children's book inspired by the chocolate testing. It was one of the first of a string of incredibly funny, rude and amazing stories, which millions of children have read and enjoyed. Other titles in the series: Amelia Earhart, Alexander the Great, Captain Cook, Cleopatra, Eric the Red Galileo, Gandhi, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and William Shakespeare.

 

This book features in the following series: True Lives, What's Their Story? .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Oxford University Press .

Andrea Shavick is a full time writer and children's poet. She is also published by Orchard Books. Charlotte Hard is a full time picture book artist. She is also published by Walker, Brilliant Books, Harper Collins and Frances Lincoln.