What are they doing and what are they trying to say

Roald Dahl.

What can I say?

What can I say that will accurately portray the great love and respect I hold for you?

That can truely express the magic you injected into my life from such an early age?

That can make you see how your stories enriched my relationships, particularly the one between my father and me.

His interpretation of the BFG's voice would have delighted you. And now, thanks to you, he will live on forever in that marvellous character.

This is a collection of snippets (and whatever the appropriate word for entended snippets is) of the wondrous works of the greatest storyteller of all time.

That's all you need to know.

Read it. Read everything he wrote.

I would read his shopping lists, his unstructured rambling notes, his telephone doodles.

This extraordinary collection takes readers on a fascinating journey into Dahl's unique imagination. At over 400 pages, it's filled with Dahl's best-loved fiction for children as well as much autobiographical material. It contains stories, rhymes, and memoirs as well as unpublished poetry and letters. Lavishly produced and illustrated in full-color, it features artwork by such prominent illustrators as Quentin Blake, Lane Smith, and Raymond Briggs.

many joys, laughs, and feeling of nostalgia came as a result of reading this book!
If you grew up reading Roald Dahl then i highly recommend getting this book.

what i love and look for in roald dahl stories:

1. his characters are so excitable.. lots of exclamation points!
2. all the alliteration.
3. the rhyming.
4. quite simply, the man's amazing imagination and the way he uses the above techniques to write a fantastic story that children and adults can enjoy.
5. oh, and all the candy.

All in all a really rich collection of Dahl and definitely a book I'd bring out to help with bedtime stories when babysitting.
My only faults were that I don't think the excerpts were too well chosen and I don't think there was a particular target audience meaning you jumped from a story aimed at children to a memoir aimed at adults from page to page which made it tricky to adjust your mindset to each time. Perhaps a better chapter layout would have helped?

I think this book was a magical idea and I was just thinking about how to write a story just like this.

Absurdity and obnoxiousness combined in one big book . Great summer read . The revolting rhymes are my favorite .

This is a great collection!!

This book has combined a lot of Roald Dahl’s works such as the Esio Trot, The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, etc. However, I think that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the most interesting story of this book. It is because the story can bring a meaning that a child who was born in a poor family can also be a boss. Nothing is impossible. It can encourage people to break through their aims. Therefore, I also think that this book is meaningful.

Made me proud of myself when I finished this 400 page book when I was a little child.

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely place. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

"As I grow old and just a triffle frayed
It's nice to know that sometimes I have made
You children and occasionally the staff
Stop work and have instead a little laugh."

These stories are so much fun! The treasury includes excerpts from novels as well as short stories, poems, recipes, and letters. And the illustrations are wonderful as well. I read a few of Roald Dahl's books when I was younger - Matilda and The Witches were my favorites. I remember seeing this book when I was worked as a page at the Germantown Community Library, but I haven't had a chance to read the whole thing until now.

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