I saw today on Google that today is Roald Dahl's birthday. Growing up with a mother who's a reading teacher, all 3 of us kids were raised with his children's stories. I remember his books better than all the other children's books in our expansive library of literature in the house. Some of my personal favorites include:
Danny Champion of the World
The BFG
The Twits
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Matilda
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
I found it pretty interesting to read his Wikipedia write up. He had a pretty crazy life. I laughed out loud when I saw that the man who'd written James and the Giant Peach also had written several short stories published in Playboy. Who would've thought?
