Simon Farnaby

Before Charlie, before the Chocolate Factory, comes a story of invention and imagination . . . Ever since he was a child, Willy Wonka had dreamed of making chocolate and sharing it with the world. As a young man, he arrives at the world-famous Galeries Gourmet, determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time. But hounded by a trio of jealous chocolatiers, and tricked into a lifetime of washhouse drudgery, Wonka will need a little luck and a whole lot of magic – along with some help from a few friends – to fulfil his destiny. Because if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible. This delicious tale of dreams, friendship and chocolate is based on the major motion picture, Wonka, directed by Paul King, who created the story and wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby. The story is brought to the page by bestselling author Sibéal Pounder. This edition of Wonka is brought to life with brand-new illustrations by Emily Jones.

Calling all Ghosts fans! This is the ultimate celebratory gift book for all of you in desperate need of another Ghosts fix, complete with in-depth interviews with the actors, the directors and the crew, a behind-the-curtain peek at what happened on the film set, scenes that were left on the cutting-room floor, bloopers, episode guides and character profiles, and much, much more.Collated and written by the show's beloved creators-actors-writers - Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond - this is a hilarious and amazing profusion of stories, memories and secrets that will help fill that Ghosts-shaped hole. From understanding how the ghosts walked through walls to discovering how long it took to do Robin's make-up, and from learning who stole what from the set to reliving favourite moments, Ghosts: Brought to Life is a treasure-trove of fascinating insight into the makings of this comedy legend, a series that brought families together and touched people's lives.

Discover how Willy Wonka from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, became the world's most marvelous chocolatier The official movie tie-in, now in paperback A #1 New York Times Bestseller Based on the major motion picture--an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor--Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time . . . proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Vonkka-elokuvaan perustuva uusi seikkailu Roald Dahlin maailmassa!Ennen Jalia ja suklaatehdasta oli tarina täynnä keksintöjä ja mielikuvitusta...Parhaat asiat saavat alkunsa unelmasta.Villi Vonkka on pienestä asti unelmoinut valmistavansa suklaata koko maailmalle.Nuorena miehenä hän sitten saapuu Gurmeegalleriaan ja päättää muuttaa maailman suussasulava suklaapala kerrallaan.Villi joutuu kuitenkin kolmen kateellisen suklaamaakarin hampaisiin ja päätyy raatamaan päivät pitkät pesulassa. Nyt ovat hyvät neuvot kalliit: Villi tarvitsee unelmansa toteuttamiseen paitsi tuuria ja taikuutta myös ystävien apua.Kaikki on mahdollista, jos sattuu olemaan Villi Vonkka.Tämä uusi Roald Dahlin vinkeään maailmaan sijoittuva tarina on esiosa kirjalle Jali ja suklaatehdas.Roald Dahl (1916–1990) oli brittiläinen vakooja, hävittäjälentäjä, suklaahistorioitsija ja keksijä. Hän oli myös kirjailija, joka tunnetaan muun muassa teoksistaan Jali ja suklaatehdas, Matilda, Kuka pelkää noitia ja Iso Kiltti Jätti.Kirja pohjautuu joulukuussa 2023 ensi-iltansa saavaan elokuvaan Vonkka, jonka käsikirjoituksen takana ovat elokuvan ohjaaja Paul King sekä Simon Farnaby. Tarinan on muokannut romaaniksi bestseller-kirjailija Sibéal Pounder.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller Based on the major motion picture--an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor--Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time . . . proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

O, eto zhe starye znakomye! Volshebnik Merlin Velikij, kotoryj kogda-to byl samym nevospitannym v mire magom po imeni Merdin Dikij, 12-letnjaja devochka Roza i ejo govorjaschaja morskaja svinka Bublik. Pomnite ikh po pervoj chasti?V etot raz Roza uzhe vovsju polzuetsja svoimi magicheskimi sposobnostjami... Kak i ejo nevozmozhnyj, razdrazhajuschij brat Kris, kotoromu magija nuzhna lish, chtoby razvlekat svoikh druzhkov. No kak tolko Kris vnezapno ischezaet i popadaet v plen v Srednevekove, v ruki uzhasnykh varvarov i zloj vedmy, Roza vdrug ponimaet - brat ej ochen dorog. Teper devochke predstoit otpravitsja v daljokoe proshloe, vnov otyskat tam svoego predka Merdina, spasti Krisa, a zaodno i ves mir!Iskrennjaja i smeshnaja kniga o nastojaschej druzhbe, zabote o blizkikh, vernosti sebe i vazhnosti schepotki magii v zhizni kazhdogo iz nas. Dlja detej srednego shkolnogo vozrasta. Pjat prichin kupit 1 Dolgozhdannoe prodolzhenie istorii pro devochku, kotoraja ne bojalas byt osobennoj, i velichajshego volshebnika, sluchajno popavshego iz proshlogo v 21 vek! 2 Iskrennjaja kniga o nastojaschej druzhbe, zabote o blizkikh, khrabrosti i vernosti sebe. Schepotka magii v povsednevnoj zhizni. 3 Idealno dlja pervogo samostojatelnogo chtenija (pod odejalom, s fonarikom!). 4 Avtor knigi Sajmon Farnabi - sozdatel filmov pro medvezhonka Paddingtona. 5 Bestseller na Amazon v zhanre "Detskaja khudozhestvennaja literatura. Jumor".Perevodchik: Rimitsan N.Khudozhnik: Pauell Kler

*THE NEW COMPANION BOOK GHOSTS: BROUGHT TO LIFE – THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC IS PUBLISHED ON 24.10.24 – PRE-ORDER NOW!*The comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS, perfect for all the family.Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button House may have been dead a long time - some of them a very long time - but they have all left their mark on the world (even if, in Robin’s case, that mark is just a handprint on the wall of a cave).Gathered together in this volume is a treasure trove of unearthed cuttings, original records and rare artefacts that explore the unseen lives of those who died at Button House: from Thomas's love letters to Pat's ‘Summer Camp Rap’, and from Julian's campaign promises to Lady Button's Rules of Etiquette. There are even documents dictated to the one person who can see and hear the ghosts: Alison Cooper.Written by the show’s creators – Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond – this eclectic archive is a unique chance to discover more about the beloved ghosts of Button House. Thank be to Moonah!A book for all the family, it is as warm-spirited and deliriously daft as the series itself.GHOSTS: The Button House Archives ranked #5 in Sunday Times bestseller chart week ending 29/10/2023

Znakomtes! Eto samyj nevospitannyj volshebnik v mire Merdin Dikij, samaja obychnaja 12-letnjaja devochka Roza i luchshaja morskaja svinka po klichke Bublik. Odnazhdy s etoj troitsej sluchaetsja umoritelnoe prikljuchenie, kotoroe v itoge zakanchivaetsja epicheskoj bitvoj so zlym volshebnikom... Kak oni do etogo dokatilis i prichjom tut Tjomnye veka?Roza zhivjot v Bashingforde, samom skuchnom gorode Velikobritanii. Ona ochen khochet vossoedinit semju i gotova radi blizkikh na vsjo chto ugodno. Sluchajno devochka vstrechaet samogo moguschestvennogo volshebnika Srednevekovja Merdina Dikogo, kotorogo za plokhoe povedenie soslali v sovremennost. Otlichno, kolduny mogut reshit ljubye problemy s pomoschju zaklinanij. Odnako vzamen Merdin prosit otpravit ego domoj i zaodno nauchit zhit v mire Rozy: naprimer, objasnit, pochemu nelzja umyvatsja v unitaze i uzhinat Bublikom... Chto v etom idealnom plane mozhet pojti ne tak? I pochemu voobsche Merdina ischet zloj volshebnik?Iskrennjaja i anekdotichnaja kniga o nastojaschej druzhbe, zabote o blizkikh, vernosti sebe i vazhnosti schepotki magii v zhizni kazhdogo iz nas.Dlja detej srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.Perevodchik: Rimitsan N.Khudozhnik: Pauell Kler

Join Rose, Merdyn the wizard and Bubbles the guinea pig in another hilarious time-travelling adventure. Rose must save her kidnapped brother from a Dark Ages Warrior!

The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' SpectatorWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a record-worst score of 121. The sport's ruling classes banned him for life.Maurice didn't take it lying down. In a hilarious game of cat-and-mouse with The Man, he entered tournaments again - and again, and again - using increasingly ludicrous pseudonyms such as Gene Pacecki, Arnold Palmtree and Count Manfred von Hoffmanstel (more often than not disguised by a fake moustache).In doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of fans from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular - and certainly the bravest - sporting underdog the world has ever known'Hilarious' Esquire

Merdyn is the greatest wizard of the Dark Ages. Obviously. Rose is his 21st-century descendent. Lucky her. And Vanheldon the vandal warrior is FURIOUS! After all, last time they met, Merdyn turned his army to stone. Seeking revenge, Vanheldon comes up with a way to kidnap Rose and transport her back to Dark Ages Transylvania, set on luring Merdyn into a terrible trap. Except - whoops! - his magical minion kidnaps Rose's teenage brother Kris instead. Rose, Merdyn and Bubbles the guinea pig must team up to save the day. But can they rescue Kris without creating historical mayhem? Will Rose's wizard ancestor even remember her? (And want to help them?) And will Bubbles ever stop pooing? From the writer of Paddington 2 and writer and star of Horrible Histories and Ghosts, this hilariously silly, heartfelt comedy of errors with a historical twist is perfect for fans of David Walliams and David Baddiel. The follow-up to The Wizard in My Shed.

Merdyn the Wild is from the Dark Ages. He's the world's greatest Warlock (don't call him a wizard), banished to the 21st century for bad behaviour, and he's about to create a whole load of trouble for Rose, aged 12.Rose is a totally ordinary girl, on a mission to mend her broken family.Bubbles is Rose's guinea pig. He just poos a lot.When Rose bumps into Merdyn and discovers what he is, she quickly realises that he could be just what she needs. Rose agrees to help Merdyn navigate the confusing ways of the modern world (things like: the lidded bowl in the bathroom is NOT a sink, it's a TOILET, so definitely DON'T wash your face in it) if Merdyn gives her a spell to fix her family in return.Now they just need to hide him in the shed without Rose's mum noticing, track down Merdyn's magic staff and find a way to send Merdyn back through time to the Dark Ages. What could possibly go wrong...?From the writer of the Paddington 2 movie and writer and star of Horrible Histories, this hilariously silly, heartfelt adventure with a historical twist is perfect for fans of David Walliams and David Baddiel.

Meet Merdyn the Wild (the world's most badly-behaved wizard), Rose (the world's most ordinary girl) and Bubbles (the world's best guinea pig) on a hilarious adventure that might just end in an epic wizard battle in the garden - if you're lucky.

The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a record-worst score of 121.