Roald Dahl children's book The Gremlins Cover of the first edition of The Gremlins Book # 1 Year in 1943 it got published by Publisher Originally Walt Disney, reprinted by Dark Horse Comics Preceded by None Succeeded by James and the Giant Peach The Gremlins is a children's book, written by Roald Dahl and published in 1943. It was Dahl's first children's book, and was written for Walt Disney, optioned for a film that was never made, in part because no one could establish exactly who owned the word "gremlin" and in part because they could not figure out how to make creatures who destroyed Allied aircraft lovable enough for a cartoon. On 25 September 2006, a reprinted edition of the book was released by Dark Horse Comics.