Puffin has declared it has 'listened' and will publish Roald Dahl's books in a classic collection after controversary erupted over 'sensitivity' changes to the author's titles.
Roald Dahl's books will still be published with the wording originally devised by the popular author after controversary over"sensitivity" changes.
'The Roald Dahl Classic Collection' will be made available later this year and include 17 titles that"keep the author's classic texts in print".Matilda' and 'The BFG' - will also carry"archive material relevant to each of the stories". "We've listened to the debate over the past week which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl's books and the very real questions around how stories from another era can be kept relevant for each new generation," Francesca Dow, MD of Penguin Random House Children's, said.
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