She doesn’t live alone like Mr Hoppy, she has her small pet tortoise called Alfie who lives on her balcony. Mrs Silver lives in the apartment directly below Mr Hoppy. But he soon comes up with a plan with the aim to win the heart of Mrs Silver. He lives alone in his apartment, tending to his plants on his balcony and has a big secret, he is secretly in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Silver. His books have now sold in excess of 250 copies worldwide.ĭo you know what tortoise is spelt backwards? Roald Dahl, one of the world’s great storytellers, did and even wrote a book with that title, that book is called Esio Trot, the last of his books to be published in his lifetime (he had others published after his death in 1990).Įsio Trot is a love story written for children. He published 49 books, 21 of them being children’s fiction and even 3 poetry books for children. He certainly knew how to write stories that have lasted the test of time with some being transformed for the big and little screens with movies and television shows. Roald Dahl has to be one of the world’s most well-known and famous authors of children’s books.
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