Roald Dahl discussion

yup!

u got em all!

Absolutely morbid must read: THE LANDLADY.....its a roald dahl as well:)

how about The BFG!

The BFG and the Twits.

I absoulutley LOVED the books Matilda and The Witches!!

My favourite book is FANTASTIC MR. FOX,ROALD DAHL

I haven't red that one yet I might have to check into it!

Its 1 of the best books !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!

My teacher has it I'll take a look.

Ok!YOU WILL LOVE IT ITS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Totally Recomend The Twits!

i read that one in 30 min. but i really liked:)

where are u guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Louisa May AlcottShe wrote a must read book:Little Women!!!!!!!!!

I wanna read George's Marvellous Medicine

Its like totally funny,LOL!!!!!!!!!!

I loved the following books:

Matilda
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
James and the Giant Peach
Dirty Beasts
Revolting Rhymes
George's Marvelous Medicine
The BFG
The Witches
The Twits

The best is Matilda and The witches also, but MATILDAA IS THE GREATEST!
The film is OK but the bok is awsome

Paula wrote: "The best is Matilda and The witches also, but MATILDAA IS THE GREATEST!
The film is OK but the bok is awsome"

Yeah, I loved Matilda the best too! Especially the part where she uses her powers to take down the Trunchbull!

My favorite is The BFG and The Witches - some months ago- I went on a Roald Dahl buying spree- purchasing 11 of his books including his collection of short stories geared to adult readers- I really love his writing style and the Thurbereque illustrations!
I must say that they are a bit hard to read after doing some research on Dahl- true he played a key role in nursing his wife Patricia Neal back to health after her terrible stroke- but I was unaware of the truly hidious anti-semitism he not only believed in but was quite happy to say horrible things about Jews outload as well as in print-

In 1983 Dahl reviewed Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon depicting Israelis killing thousands of Beirut inhabitants by bombing civilian targets. Dahl's review stated that this invasion was when "we all started hating Israel", and that the book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", writing, "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel."[37:] Dahl told a reporter in 1983, "There’s a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity ... I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason."

Ronyell wrote: "Rick wrote: "My favorite is The BFG and The Witches - some months ago- I went on a Roald Dahl buying spree- purchasing 11 of his books including his collection of short stories geared to adult read..."

yes- it is always sad when you find out a public figure you admire turns out to be a terrible bigot- although it does not take away from his writing skills.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

It isn't Known very well but it still is very good

i am reading matilda right now i am on p191 i liked her trick

Kelly wrote: "i am reading matilda right now i am on p191 i liked her trick"

I loved Matilda! I loved what she did with her magic tricks!

Carl wrote: "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me!!!!

Loved it ever since my teacher read it to the class as a child!

I have even made a portfolio building animation of it! If you fancy a bit of eye candy you can..."

Hmmm... I haven't read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me. I'll have to check that book out!

Carl wrote: "Read the book before you click on my animated tribute! Dahl should be the first to tell it! :)

It's a delightful story of a lonely boy who makes 3 friends and they change his life forever :) I lov..."

Thanks!!! :D

I read all the novels of him and finished almost all his short stories. i just dont know how to say in words how crazy i am for him. his stories are so damnn good. its just amazing how roald dahl could think of such ideas.

I recently purchased the 15 book box set of Dahl books with Blake illustrations. Am reading them all. I'm currently reading Charlie and the Glass Elevator, which I never read as a child. It's even more absurd than usual.

What I like most about Dahl is that his lines drip with a delight for story. I find this in his kids' books and his adult books too.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has to be my favorite. I know everybody loves this book, and how can you not? My favorite part is the name of the candies and those absurd rooms.
I couldn't read his books as a child as well, and I so wish that I could. They weren't available at all here back then, but every child should read these books. Really, it'll open up a whole new world for them!
=)

My favorite book has to be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I must've read it like... 60 times LOL
The Witches is extremely good as well (second favorite Roald Dahl book), same goes with Matilda (third favorite).

I would recommend reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and Danny the Champion of the World.

All of his books are great, Charlie and the great glass elevator a bit far fetched though.

I've started reading Roald Dahl rather late in life so naturally I read "Matilda".... loved it. (I' still in her "spell"!)

So I'm wondering... what would be the next Roald Dahl book to read that maintains some of the spirit of "Matilda" ?

How about some of his collections?

The spirit of Matilda - a child who bonds with an adult, with the child's genius being noticed and rewarded by the adult? You could try Danny the Champion of the World. It's an earlier book, while Matilda is his last, but it's got some of the same touching elements.

His short story collections are a different beast altogether. They are wonderful, but they're not for kids. They have sex and gore in them. A great collection is The Best of Roald Dahl (Vintage), but any collection of his does the trick.

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Revolting rhymes
Mr Fox
Matilda
The twits
BFG
Charlie and choco factory