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DAVID WOOD began writing as a student at Oxford University in the sixties.

He wrote his first play for children in 1967 and has since written over sixty more.
They are performed all over the world and include THE GINGERBREAD MAN (nine London seasons), THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE... (six London seasons, co-written with Sheila Ruskin), THE SELFISH SHELLFISH, THE SEE-SAW TREE, SAVE THE HUMAN (from the story he wrote with cartoonist Tony Husband), THE IDEAL GNOME EXPEDITION and THE PLOTTERS OF CABBAGE PATCH CORNER.

His stage adaptations of well-known books include Dick King-Smith's BABE THE SHEEP-PIG, Roald Dahl's THE BFG and THE WITCHES (both of which played long tours and two West End seasons), THE TWITS, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH an...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 272 ratings · 30 reviews · 165 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 31,038 ratings — published 1970 — 117 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Phantom Cat of the Opera by David Wood, Gaston Leroux 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Adventures Of Noddy by David Wood, Enid Blyton 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huerto Cerrado by Alfredo Bryce Echenique 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under The Bed 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genisis: The First Book of Revelations 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theatre for Children: A Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Get Paid for Who You Are 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Don't Know What You've Got... Tales of Loss and Dispossession 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silly Spider! by David Wood, Richard Fowler 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?”
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