Roald Dahl and His Chocolate Factory

Dead Famous

by Andrew Donkin

You've probably heard of Roald Dahl...He's dead famous for writing loads of brilliant books for children, telling terrifying tales of the unexpected and creating a fantastic chocolate factory. But have you heard that Roald: was a fighter pilot and a spy in the Second World War, loved playing outrageous practical jokes, nearly lost his nose...twice? Yes, even though he's dead, Roald's still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Roald's secret diary and find out what hit the headlines in The Daily Telegraph. This is a life story just as fascinating as Roald Dahl's books - full of drama, excitement, disaster...and chocolate.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, History, Historical, Childrens, Humor

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2002

Reviews

[Maryam Behzadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

یه روز میام و یه ریویوی بلند بالا در مدح و تجلیل این کتاب می‌نویسم…

[Melika Khoraman · Rating 4 out of 5]

رولد دال نویسنده محبوبم هستش بخاطر همین این کتاب برام جالب بود و دوسش داشتم.
به همه کسایی که رولد دال و آثارش رو دوست دارن این کتاب رو پیشنهاد می کنم.

[دانیال بهزادی · Rating 4 out of 5]

‫کتاب خوبی بود و نویسنده خیی تلاش کرده بود، خودش هم شبیه رولد دال بنویسه. انصافاً هم موفق شده بود و به عنوان کسی که ناراحت بودم چرا همهٔ کتاب‌های رولد دال رو خوندم و چیزی برای خوندن ندارم، این کتاب من رو سر ذوق آورد.

[Rachael Hewison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've shelved it under 'Horrible Histories', although it's not an actually Horrible History book, it very much mimics the style of the series. Very informative, humourous and the pictures add a lot to the book. I learnt loads about Roald Dahl that I didn't already know. My nephews have really gotten into the Horrible History books so I'll definitely be passing the Horribly Famous series onto them.

[Colman C · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was just a real easy holiday book. Even though I wasn't on a holiday, I still read it. It wasn't anything special. It was an average kind of book for a 9 year old. This book has positive and negative results in my mind. I DID learn a lot from this book and now know a whole lot about Roald Dahl. But it is also sort of informal sometimes, it may have been the authors approach, I might of picked the wrong book. But sometimes I don't know if what I'm reading is real or fake.

[Guguk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pas baca cerita anak-2nya yang kadang terasa 'kasar' dan 'beringas', beda dengan cerita anak-2 rata-rata, aku masih gak bisa ngebayangin kayak apa pengarangnya~

Ternyata...tipe bocah-perusuh sejak kecil dan tua-tua-keladi ketika dewasa (^,,,^)

Dari ngerjain teman kakaknya pakai pupup kambing.., sampai pertunjukan 'gas perut' di acara keluarga setelah ia menikah, aku malah jadi kaget buku-2 karyanya masih se'halus' itu~ gwahahahaa (^,,^)

[Anay Dalal · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I have read.Well-researched and fun to read.

[James Turrall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this book. It's funny,informative and easy to read. Well researched and something I can skim through in 10 minutes but I keep coming back to it! Short but very sweet!

[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Book Is about Roald Dahl. It talks about his life and what he did then just writing books. It is a descriptive book and It is very funny and Has a lot of illustrations.

[Rubyryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice, kids view of the character of Roald Dahl.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5.

[Omkar Bhatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roald Dahl always writes such amazing stories, didn't know his own life was as interesting as this. I haven't read much of his work, watched many movies based on his works though, but this book surely made me wanting to read more from his works, especially his short stories.

The illustrations are quite well done and they are funny. A good read!

[Chaitra Nair · Rating 4 out of 5]

So here we are reading about someone's life.... I haven't read a single book by Roald Dahl... But this book about him has actually made me want to read everything he wrote in his life.. Even the ones that didn't actually receive any appreciation... Also man the illustrations in this book made the read so interesting and funny... 💖

[Guan Jie Fung · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book about Roald Dahl. Tells you all you need to know about Roald.

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a nice book that gives you facts about Dalh's life and his work. You don't need to be a fan of Dahl's to read this book although if you are you'll enjoy it a lot more.

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book for the grades 5+. Want to know about the author Roald Dahl? Read this book.

[Delie Dell Chua · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading this series of books, I started to appreciate and love reading biographies

[Slow Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loving this which reminds me to go read The Witches and Matilda again.

[Sue Mitchison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, much more than I thought I would! Will have to try more in the Dead Famous/ Horrible History etc vein!