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?
3 comments:
The BFG is one of my favorite books to read. But Fantastic Mr. Fox is a riot too. Those days reading to you guys are some of my favorite moments in life. :)
Danny the Champion of the World and the Fantastic Mr. Fox and my faves. Totally superb.
I read a few chapters of Danny to stoppable's kids a while back and was reminded how wonderful the story.
Reading aloud is one of the things i love the most. Doing it and hearing it.
1. F.M.Fox is my #1 with Peach close behind.
2. Playboy often runs mainstream literature (allegedly) I'm guessing his stories were of the G-rated variety.
3. You should check out Roddy Doyle as a contrast to Dahl's style. Not kids lit, but similar humor style.
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