Gonzalez, Robbie (31 January 2015). "Read Roald Dahl's Powerful Pro-Vaccination Letter". Archived from the original on 4 May 2015 . Retrieved 1 February 2015. Visit Your Favourite Characters And Locations From The Beloved Stories Of Roald Dahl, But Watch Out For Wormwood Motors, The Witches Rspcc, Jail And Bankruptcy. Roald Dahl's Revolting Rule Book (TV Movie 2007)". IMDb. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021 . Retrieved 26 May 2020.

Roald Dahl (British author)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. a b "South East Wales | Blue plaque marks Dahl sweet shop". BBC News. 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021 . Retrieved 25 October 2011. a b Schwarts, Matthew S. (6 December 2020). "Roald Dahl Family Apologizes For Children's Author's Anti-Semitism". NPR. National Public Radio ("npr"). Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Roald Dahl's School Days". BBC Wales. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010 . Retrieved 24 January 2010. Matilda by Roald Dahl: Quentin Blake's sketches and original artwork". British Library. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022 . Retrieved 8 October 2022.Top Trumps Legends of Rugby edition is the entertaining, educational card game loved for bringing your favourite rugby stars to life! Throughout his childhood and adolescent years, Dahl spent most of his summer holidays with his mother's family in Norway. He wrote about many happy memories from those visits in Boy: Tales of Childhood, such as when he replaced the tobacco in his half-sister's fiancé's pipe with goat droppings. [48] He noted only one unhappy memory of his holidays in Norway: at around the age of eight, he had to have his adenoids removed by a doctor. [49] His childhood and first job selling kerosene in Midsomer Norton and surrounding villages in Somerset are subjects in Boy: Tales of Childhood. [50] After school BILBY Award Winners". Children's Book Council of Australia (Qld Branch) Inc. - BILBY AWARDS - Books I Love Best Yearly. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007 . Retrieved 25 September 2023. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Dennison, Matthew (2023). Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected: A Biography. Pegasus Books. ISBN 978-1-63936-333-9.

Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity". Marvellouschildrenscharity.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014 . Retrieved 28 January 2011. Roald Dahl". www.roalddahl.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 April 2020. The standout feature of this game is its intriguing gameplay. Players are challenged to think strategically and tactically, which not only fosters a competitive spirit but also promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The rules are easy to grasp, making it accessible for younger players while still maintaining a level of complexity that can challenge adults. In November 1939, Dahl joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an aircraftman with service number 774022. [56] After a 600-mile (970km) car journey from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi, he was accepted for flight training with sixteen other men, of whom only three survived the war. With seven hours and 40 minutes experience in a De Havilland Tiger Moth, he flew solo; [57] Dahl enjoyed watching the wildlife of Kenya during his flights. He continued to advanced flying training in Iraq, at RAF Habbaniya, 50 miles (80km) west of Baghdad. Following six months' training on Hawker Harts, Dahl was commissioned as a pilot officer on 24 August 1940, and was judged ready to join a squadron and face the enemy. [56] [58] Dahl was flying a Gloster Gladiator when he crash landed in Libya Roald Dahl rewrites: edited language in books criticised as 'absurd censorship' ". The Guardian. 20 February 2023. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023 . Retrieved 25 February 2023.Sharp, Michael D. (2005). Popular Contemporary Writers. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-0-7614-7601-6. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 October 2016. Dahl was rescued and taken to a first-aid post in Mersa Matruh, where he regained consciousness, but not his sight. He was transported by train to the Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. There he fell in and out of love with a nurse, Mary Welland. An RAF inquiry into the crash revealed that the location to which he had been told to fly was completely wrong, and he had mistakenly been sent instead into the no man's land between the Allied and Italian forces. [61] A Hawker Hurricane Mk 1, the aircraft type in which Dahl engaged in aerial combat over Greece a b Sherwood, Harriet (6 December 2020). "Roald Dahl's family apologises for his antisemitism". The Observer. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020 . Retrieved 8 December 2020. Palfrey, Colin (2006). Cardiff Soul: An Underground Guide to the City. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-0-86243-909-5. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 October 2016. Dahl was also famous for his inventive, playful use of language, which was a key element to his writing. He invented over 500 new words by scribbling down his words before swapping letters around and adopting spoonerisms and malapropisms. [129] [130] The lexicographer Susan Rennie stated that Dahl built his new words on familiar sounds, adding:

Liukkonen, Petri. "Roald Dahl". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Wes Anderson Speaks Out Against Roald Dahl Book Censorship in Venice". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 3 September 2023. Marlow, Jean (2009). Audition Speeches for 6-16 Year Olds: 50+ audition pieces for actors and actresses. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4081-4107-6. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 23 September 2020.

A teahouse in the garden was converted into an aviary for parakeets and the hundreds of budgerigars who roamed the countryside during the day would roost there at night. It was inspired by one that Dahl had seen at Moyns Park, an Elizabethan country house in Essex, the home of his friend Ivar Bryce. The bird house was filled with large green bottles in 2008. [6] [4] The last book published in his lifetime, Esio Trot, released in January 1990, marked a change in style for the author. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), it is the story of an old, lonely man trying to make a connection with a woman he has loved from afar. [120] In 1994, the English language audiobook recording of the book was provided by Monty Python member Michael Palin. [121] Screenwriter Richard Curtis adapted it into a 2015 BBC television comedy film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple. [122] Roald Dahl Day: From Tales of the Unexpected to Switch Bitch, Dahl's undervalued stories for adults". The Independent. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017 . Retrieved 28 December 2017. The world's best family board game brings you another exciting edition of Monopoly - Queen! • Choose your favourite bespoke token, tour your favo... In this special Harry Potter edition of Cluedo - The Classic Mystery Board Game, you become a real detective to find clues and solve the myst...

My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah my foes and oh my friends, it gives a lovely light. “ a b Dietsch, Deborah K. (1 December 2013). "Roald Dahl Slept Here: From attaché to author". The Washington Post Magazine. p.10. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014 . Retrieved 30 November 2013. At this time Dahl met the noted British novelist C. S. Forester, who was also working to aid the British war effort. Forester worked for the British Ministry of Information and was writing propaganda for the Allied cause, mainly for American consumption. [75] The Saturday Evening Post had asked Forester to write a story based on Dahl's flying experiences; Forester asked Dahl to write down some RAF anecdotes so that he could shape them into a story. After Forester read what Dahl had given him, he decided to publish the story exactly as Dahl had written it. [76] He originally titled the article as "A Piece of Cake" but the magazine changed it to "Shot Down Over Libya" to make it sound more dramatic, although Dahl had not been shot down; it was published on 1 August 1942 issue of the Post. Dahl was promoted to flight lieutenant (war-substantive) in August 1942. [77] Later he worked with such other well-known British officers as Ian Fleming (who later published the popular James Bond series) and David Ogilvy, promoting Britain's interests and message in the US and combating the " America First" movement. [58]

BFI: Film and TV Database – Tales of the Unexpected". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. The mythology surrounding Dahl's hut and his authorial public status was critiqued by the academic Laura Viñas Valle in her 2016 book De-constructing Dahl. [11] Valle compared the preserving of Dahl's hut to "what seemed to be a process of embalming, reminiscent of Ancient Egypt" and critiqued the legend of the lone genius and myth making perpetrated by the image of Dahl alone in his hut. Valle argued that such myth making negated the important role that his literary editors had in shaping his work for publication. [11] a b "World Book Day 2019: Roald Dahl's 10 best children's books, from Matilda to The Twits". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019 . Retrieved 4 November 2019. Regarded as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century", [5] Dahl was named by The Times one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. [8] He ranks amongst the world's best-selling fiction authors with sales estimated at over 300million, [3] [4] [7] [10] and his books have been published in 63 languages. [6] [172] In 2000 Dahl topped the list of Britain's favourite authors. [173] In 2003 four books by Dahl, led by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at number 35, ranked among the Top 100 in The Big Read, a survey of the British public by the BBC to determine the "nation's best-loved novel" of all time. [174] In surveys of UK teachers, parents and students, Dahl is frequently ranked the best children's writer. [175] [176] He won the first three Australian BILBY Younger Readers Award; for Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. [177] In a 2006 list for the Royal Society of Literature, Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling named Charlie and the Chocolate Factory one of her top ten books every child should read. [178] Critics have commented on the similarities between the Dursley family from Harry Potter and the nightmarish guardians seen in many of Dahl's books, such as Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker from James and the Giant Peach, Grandma from George's Marvellous Medicine, and the Wormwoods from Matilda. [179] In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily US audience. The Top 100 included four books by Dahl, more than any other writer. [180] The American magazine Time named three Dahl books in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time, more than any other author. [181] Dahl is one of the most borrowed authors in UK libraries. [182] [183] In This Special Roald Dahl Edition Of Monopoly Players Tour Their Favourite Characters And Locations From The Most Beloved Roald Dahl Stories. From Miss Spider To The Twits, To The Giant Peach And Crunchem Hall, Players Can Invest In Willy Wonka Factories And Build Chocolate Empires Across The Strangest Of Locations. This Unique And Special Edition Monopoly Game Will Delight Every Roald Dahl Fan'S Phizz-Whizzing Imagination. All Aspects Of The Game Have Been Customised And Feature The Iconic Illustrations Of Quentin Blake; Including Bespoke Tokens, Custom Gameboard, Cards, Monopoly Money And More!