Hooray for Roald Dahl

We’ve been rereading ‘The Twits’ and the BFG this half term. Dipped into Matilda and Boy too.
Interesting piece by Will Self in today’s Guardian.
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Tails of the unexpected
Roald Dahl’s children’s books are full of barely submerged misogyny, lust and violence. The new film version of Fantastic Mr Fox is an ideal introduction to this fabulous, cruel world

Will Self – Guardian 17/10/2009

A link or two to some of the work our children have done.

The opening to the BFG

Describing Mrs Pratchett

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