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NEWS
It would have been Roald Dahl's 90th birthday last year and to celebrate there was
a great big party!
13th September is now officially Roald Dahl Day across the world!
- visit www.roalddahlday.info to find out how we celebrated this year.
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Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Llandaff,
Cardiff to Norwegian parents. Both his elder sister and his
father died when he was three, and his mother brought up her
other four children in South Wales and later in Kent.
 When World War Two broke out, he enlisted
in the RAF and became a fighter pilot of the 80 squadron.
You can read more about this time of his life in the books,
Boy and Going Solo. It was after a serious crash
over the Libyan desert, where he suffered terrible injuries,
that he started writing.
After the war, Roald Dahl moved to
Washington DC and began writing short stories for adults.
His first children's book was published in 1944, The Gremlins.
His second children's book came in 1961 - James and the
Giant Peach - and it is still a bestseller today. After
this, he wrote a string of bestsellers, including Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, which was voted the best children's
book of all time.
 Roald Dahl died in November 1990 aged
75. During his life, Roald Dahl came to be known as one of
the greatest storytellers ever; he was a constant winner of
'Author of the Year' awards and his books are translated into
37 different languages.
'Roald
Dahl has got to be the best children's author ever.'
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 Roald
Dahl
Packed with Quentin Blake's instantly recognisable illustrations and featuring quotations from Roald Dahl's classic bestsellers, the Roald Dahl Diary 2008 is the most magical way to keep your
dates in 2008.
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Diary 2008
The diary begins with all the essentials: personal details, year-at-a-glance calendars, notable dates and religious festivals, measurements and conversions, a birthdays section, an address section and space for personal notes.
It features a week to a spread in a beautifully clear and user-friendly design, with quotes and full colour illustrations from all your favourite Dahl classics.
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A fabulous Roald Dahl calendar featuring some of the
most unlikely, weird and wonderful creatures in children's
literature, illustrated in glorious technicolour by
the brilliant Quentin Blake.
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Roald Dahl Calendar 2008
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With plently of space to jot down important birthdays,
holiday dates, special treats and anything else you
like, every Roald Dahl fan from seven to seventy-five
will want to get their mitts on a copy of this marvellous
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 The
Giraffe, The Pelly And Me
A giraffe with an infinitely expandable neck, a pelican with
a magical retractable beak, a dancing monkey, and Billy, a
small boy with a dream, team up to make the most amazing ladderless
window-cleaning company ever invented!
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 The
Roald Dahl Treasury
A sumptuous collection of Roald Dahl’s work with superb
illustrations by Quentin Blake and other classic illustrators.There
are complete picture tales as well as excerpts from his longer
stories; poetry and autobiographical material and letters.
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SEE
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Songs and Verse
These verses are unparalleled in their verve, wit
and appeal and these marvellous illustrations really do them
justice, making this the perfect gift choice for Dahl fans
and lovers of children's books and illustration everywhere.
Read
the news story about Songs and Verse on the BBC website, including
artwork from the book
Click
here for a Revolting Plate of Soil with Engine Oil.
Find out more about Quentin
Blake, illustrator of most of Roald Dahl's books.
And click
here, to visit the official Roald Dahl website.
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