Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug, a spider, a grasshop…
The old wood-carver Geppetto decides to make a wonderful puppet which can dance and turn somersaults, but by chance he chooses an unusual piece of wood - and the finished puppet can talk and misbehave like the liveliest child. But Pinocchio is brave and inquisitive as well as naughty, and after some hair-raising adventures, he earns his heart's desire.
By the time rumor has changed and spread the story one lost feather becomes five lovesick hens who have plucked out all their feathers. It's absolutely true! say the hens to the owls. And it is repeated throughout the barnyard and all over the village. This charming fairy tale exposes the ridiculous way rumors develop, following the account of a hen-house scandal as it grows more and more sens…