Road Dahl (1916-1990) books for children must be part of everyone’s childhood souvenirs. For me at least, his stories convey moments of carefreeness and lightness. I remember wishing for a bar of chocolate with a golden ticket inside it before realising that I never won anything in these kinds of giveaways. James and the Giant Peach was my favourite story. This book followed me throughout my teenage years, when the English teacher asked me to choose a book to talk about at the end of the school year. I don’t know Roald Dahl’s novels, but have read the two volumes of short stories. For the moment, I will concentrate on reading or re-reading his children’s novels.
Books read
The Magic Finger (1966)
Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
Esio Trot (1990)
Books to read
The Gremlins (1943)
James and the Giant Peach (1951)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
The Twits (1980)
George’s Marvellous Medicine (1981)
The BFG (1982)
The Witches (1983)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1983)
Matilda (1988)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1990)
The Minpins (1991)