William Pène du Bois (first), Pat Marriott, Tony Ross, Quentin Blake
Cover artist
Pène du Bois (first), Marriott, Ross, Blake
Country
United States United Kingdom
Subject
Hunting, magic[1]
Genre
Children's picture book, Fantasy, Comedy
Publisher
Harper & Row (first), George Allen and Unwin (first UK)[2]
Publication date
1966
Media type
Print (hardcover)
Pages
40
LC Class
PZ7.D1515 Mag[1]
The Magic Finger is a 1966 children's story by British author Roald Dahl.[3][4] First published in the United States by Harper & Row with illustrations by William Pène du Bois,[1][5] Allen & Unwin published the first U.K. edition in 1968.[2] Later editions have been illustrated by Pat Marriott, Tony Ross, and Quentin Blake.[5] The novel was adapted into a 1990 TV special on ITV (CITV).[6] The author Roald Dahl narrated an unabridged recording for Harper Children Audio[7] and Kate Winslet narrated an unabridged recording in 2013 for Penguin Audio.[8]
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^"THE TWITS, THE MINPINS, & THE MAGIC FINGER by Roald Dahl". AudioFile.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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