The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family. Like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section of facts about Roald Dahl.
Boy: tales of childhood
โ Scribed by Roald Dahl
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group;Puffin Books
- Year
- 2009;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0698161874
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories?
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don't yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl. Sure to captivate and delight you, the boyhood antics of this master storyteller are not to be missed!
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