It may be different from Benson's naturalistic picture book illustrations, but it has its own rewards to devotees of Dahl and Blake. In contrast, Blake is more sprightly and more close-up and his illustrations accompany the story at every step.

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. The book was republished in 2017 under the title Billy and the Minpins with new illustrations by Dahl's primary illustrator, Quentin Blake. The leader of the Minpins, Don Mini, tells Little Billy that the monster waiting under the tree is not the Spittler (which the Minpins have never heard of), but the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher, who grunches up everything in the forest.It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.

Endlessly inventive and laugh-out- loud funny, Dahl’s stories reinvent the world for every new generation. From his iconic illustrations of The BFG and Matilda to Mr Stink with birds and beasts of all shapes and sizes along the way, Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator Quentin Blake has been making us smile for more than half a century. In the years after Dahl's death, Quentin Blake reillustrated the books that were illustrated by others.Illustrated by Quentin Blake for the first time in 2017, Billy and the Minpins is a new interpretation of Roald Dahl’s very last story (originally published as ‘The Minpins’ in 1991) and marks nearly forty years of their magical collaboration.