One thing I know I want to put on my life list is "visit the home of Roald Dahl." To me, that also includes visiting the area where his grandmother lived in Norway. I loved his books so much, even though I read them much later than the average child. Even better was reading the two books he published as autobiographies to be read by children---Boy and Man.
Once you read these books, you'll realize why he was able to be so imaginative, and it will also help you see ways we can still break out of this boring non fiction world and create our own real life fiction. Did you know that Roald used to climb up on ladders to peek in his children's rooms at night? He made it known that he was sending good dreams (or something else, I can't quite remember but it's in the anthology that was recently published with notes from his kids), and even though his children knew it was their father and that he possessed no magical powers, it didn't lessen the enchantment.
Here's a fun quiz you can take on his first autobiography, Boy.
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So, one of your best-ever gifts received would be the collection of Roald Dahl stories, RIGHT?:)
I think of you everytime I see my copy on the shelf.:)
i think the only reason you gave me that gift as because you knew if you didn't, you copy would have mysteriously disappeared...
Haha, yeah I was thinking to myself "Didn't Ruth give Aaron a Dahl book years ago....wonder where that is?..."
:)
My absolute favorite book is Ominbus by Roald Dahl. All of my favorites in one book :)))
i have a copy of omnibus but got creeped out in the first short story i read---something about a snooty wine expert trying to windle a supple young daughter away from a rich wine collector. it gave me the same feeling i got when i picked up "welcome to the monkey house."
perhaps i was too young? time to revisit.
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