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Description edit
This extraordinary collection takes readers on a fascinating journey into Dahl's unique imagination. At over 400 pages, it contains excerpts from Dahl's best-loved fiction for children and his autobiographical material. There are stories, rhymes, and memoirs as well as unpublished poetry and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charlie: He is in the chocolate factory.
- Beals: Add a description of this character.
First Sentence edit
BEFORE you read this book, think for a moment about what it might be like to have Roald Dahl as a father.
Table of Contents edit
On Publishing Roald Dahl by Tom Maschler
About My Father by Ophelia Dahl
The Hut by Ralph Steadman
I. Part One: Animals
1. Be Nice To Frogs
2. The Twits (an extract)
3. The Enormous Crocodile
4. The Enormous Crocodile (from Revolting Recipes)
5. The Pig (from Dirty Beasts)
6. Letter From America
7. Letters From Abroad
8. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox (an extract)
10. Creating Characters
11. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
12. The Boy Who Talked With Animals (from The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar)
13. Stealing a Magpie (from My Year)
14. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (from Revolting Rhymes)
15. The Three Little Pigs (from Revolting Rhymes)
16. Moles (from My Year)
17. The Lion (from Dirty Beasts)
18. Roald Dahl, Author (from a Puffin Passport)
19. Tortoises (Author's Note from Esio Trot)
20. Esio Trot
21. The Tortoise-Catcher (from Esio Trot)
22. Hickety, Pickety
23. The Crocodile (from Dirty Beasts)
II. Part Two: Magic
24. Those Who Don't Believe in Magic Will Never Find It
25. The BFG (an extract)
26. The BFG Stamp (from the Royal Mail's Special Issue)
27. Snozzcumbers (from Revolting Recipes)
28. The Minpins
29. Cinderella (from Revolting Rhymes)
30. James and the Giant Peach (an extract)
31. Jack and the Beanstalk (from Revolting Rhymes)
32. The Witches (an extract)
33. The Cow (from Dirty Beasts)
34. Cadbury's Dairy Milk (from My Year)
35. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (an extract)
36. The Veruca Salt Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
37. Treats (from Revolting Recipes)
38. George's Marvellous Medicine (an extract)
III. Part Three: Family, Friends, and Foes
39. Winkles for Tea
40. The Sweet-Shop (from Boy)
41. A Little Nut-Tree (from Rhyme Stew)
42. Matilda's Father (from Matilda)
43. Danny's father (from Danny, The Champion of the World)
44. Roald Dahl's Father (from Boy)
45. Letter From Roald Dahl to His Sister, Alfhild
46. The Headmaster (from Boy)
47. The Roald Dahl Guide to Railway Safety (an extract)
48. Matilda (an extract)
49. When We Acquired the Motor-Boat (from Boy)
50. A Dahl Invention (from My Year)
51. A Poem In Reply to Schoolchildren
52. Danny, The Champion of the World (an extract)
53. Hansel and Gretel (from Rhyme Stew)
54. Hansel and Gretel Spare Ribs (from Revolting Recipes)
55. Conkers! (from My Year)
56. Letter From Roald Dahl to His Mother
57. A Drive in the Motor-Car (from Boy)
58. When You Grow Up
IV. Part Four: Matters of Importance
59. The Biggest Hip Bone Ever
60. Lucky Break (from The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar)
61. Photography (from Boy)
62. Motorbikes (from My Year)
63. The Twits (an extract)
64. The Emperor's New Clothes (from Rhyme Stew)
65. Wild Mushrooms (from My Year)
66. Simba (from Going Solo)
67. Ideas to Help Aspiring Writers
68. The Green Mamba (from Going Solo)
69. Where Art Thou, Mother Christmas?
70. Hot and Cold AND The Price of Debauchery (from Rhyme Stew)
71. Dar es Salaam to Nairobi by Ford Prefect (from Going Solo)
72. Letter From Roald Dahl to His Mother
73. Survival (from Going Solo)
74. First Encounter with a Bandit (from Going Solo)
75. Roald Dahl Talking
76. As I Grow Old
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roald Dahl (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: England
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0224046918
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: England
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0224046918
Page Count: 448
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( D ) › Dahl, Roald
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Short Story Collections
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Humorous
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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