George's Marvellous Medicine is another childhood favourite of mine. George is left alone with his horrible grandmother, and resorts to making her a new and improved medicine, since her old medicine is clearly not helping her temper at all. He collects a variety of articles from around the house in a giant saucepan, and boils it up, before giving her some and watching in dismay as she grows taller...and taller... and taller.Another funny and entertaining read. Roald Dahl is very good at finding light-hearted ways to deal with odd topics (especially the ending) and I especially like the fact that most of these books have pictures to go alongside the writing, even if they're little sketchy-pictures as opposed to full colour. It makes these books a nice sort of transition from picturebook reading to more grown-up reading. Definitely recommend to younger readers.
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