D is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl - Softcover

Roald Dahl

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ISBN 10: 0141312726 ISBN 13: 9780141312729

Publisher: Puffin, 2005

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From Aardvark to Zipfizzing, this is THE alphabetical guide to everything you ever needed to know - and a lot that you didn't - about Britain's best-loved, bestselling children's writer, packed with fascinating and completely unnecessary facts about Dahl's life, books and family. With snippets from his school reports, secrets that he shared with his best friends and the truth about where he got the inspiration for his most famous creations - once you dip in to D is for Dahl you'll be sucked into an irresistible vortex and come out a complete Dahlmaniac!

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Roald Dahl fans young and old will clamor for D Is for Dahl... (Publishers Weekly)

aEntertaining, insightful, and of particular interest to Dahlas fans. . . .(School Library Journal)

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About the Author:

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.

Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

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