The great thing about being 75 years old is that you can wear your slippers everywhere
- Percy Sloggett wears his in the garden
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this adaptation of Terry Southern&s offbeat novel an eccentric millionaire adopts a down-&-out vagrant he stumbles upon in the park as his son The pair embark on a series of practical jokes & elaborate stunts designed to expose the wanton greed that exists in everybody
- & prove that everyone has his price Actors Peter Sellers Ringo Starr Isabel Jeans Caroline Blakiston Wilfrid Hyde-White Richard Attenborough Leonard Frey Laurence Harvey Christopher Lee Spike Milligan Roman Polanski Raquel Welch Yul Brynner Victor Maddern & John Cleese Director Joseph Mc Grath Certificate 15 years & over Year 1969 Languages English Duration 1 hour 28 minutes (approx)
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The Magic Faraway Tree Collection contains all three much-loved books in the Faraway Tree series by the world's best-loved children's author Enid Blyton When Joe Beth & Frannie move to a new home an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep & when they discover the Faraway Tree it proves to be the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them & their friends Moonface Saucepan Man & Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree Will it be the Land of Spells the Land of Treats or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Come on an amazing adventure
- there'll be adventures waiting whatever happens Also look out for the Blyton Colour Reads series Chock full of vibrant colour illustrations from Alex Paterson these are the perfect way to introduce the Faraway Tree adventures to children aged five & up Enid Blyton's funny magical adventure stories have become true classics loved by millions & still selling thousands of copies every year She is arguably the most famous children's author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five & The Secret Seven
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' This book deserves to be on every child's bookshelf'
- Junior Design Awards A deluxe beautifully-illustrated hardback edition
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Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals & birds But the girl who lives next door hates hunting Now it's made her so angry she's PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL & very strange things have begun to happen & now you can listen to THE MAGIC FINGER (with THE MINPINS) & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits
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Twenty-five stories twenty-five paintings five years to write ten years to paint This is an extraordinary collaboration between artist & artist the Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri & the painter Rosemary Clunie Together they have created a world & peopled it with dreams Twenty-five fairy tales for adults these narratives are a response to our times informed by our world but not limited by it imaginative enchanting haunting
- both prescient & prophetic Twenty-five original paintings beautiful playful intimate dreamlike these works pull you in to a land of colour & vision Who can say which came first the word or image when both grew together out of a long friendship & a creative symbiosis What if Calvino & Magritte had combined inspiration? What if we could see our world again with a child's eyes? What if there really is a magic lamp?
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There's been a robbery in Tale Town! Someone has stolen a cutting from the magical Story Tree & it's up to twins Hansel & Gretel to get it back With the help of their new friend Wolfie a not very big or very bad wolf they discover a secret fortress in the forest containing a Magic Looking Glass that promises to help them But things are not always what they seem especially when the Magic Looking Glass starts causing trouble! Can Wolfie & the twins find the Story Tree cutting & save the day or will the Magic Looking Glass have the last laugh? The Magic Looking Glass is the fourth book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know & love having br&-new adventures! ...

I adored Magic Misfits This man is far too talented for my liking & needs to be stopped!' David Walliams The first in a funny & magical new children's books series from Emmy award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris 'I read this book with excitement delight & the increasing suspicion that it was going to make me disappear' Lemony Snicket author of the bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events & All the Wrong Questions This book contains a BIG SECRET Read on if you dare Do you believe in magic? Carter doesn't He knows magic tricks are just that
- tricks & as a street magician he's also pretty good at them But then Carter runs away from his conman uncle & he finds himself alone & in danger from dastardly carnival ringleader BB Bosso He could really use some magic now A chance encounter with the mysterious Mr Dante Vernon leads Carter to a magic shop where he teams up with five other like-minded kids & the MAGIC MISFITS are born! Can the gang use their magical talents to save the day & stop BB stealing a priceless diamond? And now for the BIG SECRET Inside this book you will find a treasure trove of tips codes & stage tricks that will help YOU join the Magic Misfits & make some magic of your own (BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE) Perfect for children aged 8 to 12 years old & fans of Lemony Snicket David Walliams David Baddiel My Brother is a Superhero & magic! Cover illustration by David Litchfield winner of the Waterstones Children's Books Prize 2016 for The Bear & the Piano Neil Patrick Harris is an accomplished actor producer director host & author Perhaps best known to audiences for his role as Barney Stinson on the hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother he is currently starring as Count Olaf in the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Magic Misfits is his first book for children
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Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay Hans falls in love & becomes intoxicated with the ideas he hears at the clinic
- ideas which will strain & crack apart in a world on the verge of the First World War
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This Is A Song You Never Had It Take A Chance Carl&s Song Boy Undecided Slow Down (The Way It Goes) Most Of The Time Take Me Or Leave Me Let Somebody In Runnin& Out All I See Goodnight ...