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Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Joke Book

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Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Jokes, limericks, riddles, Knock knock and Doctor, doctor! Here is a perfect joke book for young children, specially themed around Roald Dahl’s best-loved characters, such as Charlie, George, The BFG, Matilda, James and many others.

Roald Dahl was always full of fun and mischief and loved all kinds of jokes – the sillier the better! From chocolate-covered chickens to grizzly grouchy grandmas to the disgusting Twits this marvellous collection has over 400 jokes, and includes Roald Dahl’s very own, extremely silly ‘Knock, knock’ jokes – guaranteed to keep his fans amused for hours.

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Roald Dahl’s Mischief and Mayhem

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  • Published by:
    • Puffin Books
  • Illustrated by: Quentin Blake

Description

Professional tricksters put your cunning to the test. Inside this wicked little book you’ll find step-by-step instructions for making mischief and mayhem as well as outrageous jokes, fiendish quizzes, and a few smelly surprises. Includes extracts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Witches, and more. Like The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets, this book is a wonderful complement to Roald Dahl novels, with tons of great extras fans will love. It’s the perfect way to complete your Dahl collection!

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The BFG

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A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers refuses to eat boys and girls.

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More About Boy: Roald Dahl’s Tales from Childhood

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Information

  • Published by:
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
    • Puffin, 2009.

Description

Twenty-five years ago in Boy, the world’s favorite storyteller recollected scenes from his youth―some funny, some frightening, all true. More About Boy is the expanded story of Roald Dahl’s childhood, with his original text augmented by never-before-seen material from behind the scenes, and some of the secrets that were left out. Dahl’s adventures and misadventures during his school years are crowded with people as strange and wonderful as any character he created and are as exciting and full of the unexpected as his celebrated fiction.

This special keepsake hardcover edition is filled with personal memorabilia such as family photos, letters, report cards, plus dozens of illustrations by Quentin Blake, as well as a quiz to test the knowledge of Dahl afficionados of all shapes and sizes.

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My Year

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  • Published by:
    • Random House, 1997
  • Read by: Ian Holm
  • Runtime: 1:04:00
  • Complete and unabridged

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Going Solo

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  • Published by:
    • Puffin Audiobooks
    • Penguin Audio
  • Read by: Dan Stevens
  • Runtime: 4:38:00
  • Complete and unabridged

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Matilda

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  • A two part special on BBC Radio 4 on 20-27 December 2009
  • What Dahl Did: wrote the original story Matilda
  • Adapted for radio by Charlotte Jones
  • Directed by Clare Grove
  • Cast:
    • Lenny Henry as Narrator
    • Lauren Mote as Matilda
    • Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull
    • Claire Rushbrook as Mrs Wormwood
    • John Biggins as Mr Wormwood
    • Emerald O’Hanrahan as Miss Honey
    • Kate Layden as Mrs Phelps
    • Ryan Watson as Michael
    • Joshua Swinney as Bruce Bogtrotter
    • Rhys Jennings as Nobby
    • Sinead Michael as Lavender
    • Lizzy Watts as Hortensia

Description

A five-year-old girl is a genius, but her parents are contemptuous of their daughter’s prodigious talents. The little genius resolves to save the school and her favourite teacher Miss Honey from the grip of its terrifying head Miss Trunchbull.

[Description from RadioTimes.com]

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  • Review from Radio Drama Reviews Online

Desert Island Discs

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Information

  • Roald Dahl appeared on Desert Island Discs in November 1979 on BBC Radio 4
  • The show was presented by Roy Plomley
  • In the show, Dahl was asked for eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury to take if they were to be castaway on a desert island.

Dahl’s Choices

  • His favourite song choice was Agnus Dei by Giuseppe Verdi.
  • His book choice was The New Oxford Book of English Verse by Helen Gardner.
  • His luxuries were a still, grapevine cuttings and tobacco seeds.

 

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