The Roald Dahl Treasury

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Finally, as an adult, I read through the entire book. By this time, I have read most of the novels/novellas featured in this book so I had a better handle on the extracts provided. The stories are lovely for both adults and children, the drawings are beautiful as always with Roald Dahl.

That can make you see how your stories enriched my relationships, particularly the one between my father and me. Fantastic book for kids! So imaginative and creative. Easy read that children will find delightful! Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth All in all a really rich collection of Dahl and definitely a book I'd bring out to help with bedtime stories when babysitting. The Roald Dahl Treasury brings together some of the most dazzling moments from his work for kids. In this collection, we see Dahl in all his moods and it shows why his writing has become an essential part of childhood the world over. Four themed sections – “Animals,”“Magic,”“Family, Friends & Foes” and “Matters of Importance” – take the reader on a journey into Roald Dahl’s unique imagination. In each section, there is a mix of complete stories, extracts from longer fiction, rhymes and memoirs as well as unpublished poetry and letters. A host of Roald Dahl’s best-loved characters are here, from the Enormous Crocodile to Willy Wonka, from the Minpins to the Twits, from James to Matilda.

Throughout this book, you can delve into stories, poems, memoirs and letters galore all wonderfully illustrated by Quentin Blake as well as other well-known artists, including Raymond Briggs, Babette Cole, Posy Simmonds and Ralph Steadman. Having previously read The BFG and maybe a couple other of Dahl’s works (it has been a long time, okay?), I felt myself thrown right into the whirlpool of craziness that is Dahl’s written universe, and with the illustrations that to me at least were so emblematic and in line with his writing. Normally I don’t pay as much heed to illustrations as I should, but there is really an atmosphere with the illustrations of Dahl’s work, and it is simply fabulous. While it's not a replacement for reading the complete works of Roald Dahl, this book is a lovely tribute to him and a good selection of his works. Personal tributes from some people who knew him well combine with excerpts from his longer books and full-text of some of his shorter works, including some items previously unpublished. Find sources: "The Roald Dahl Treasury"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.I really like reading about his memoirs and his thoughts and feelings when we wrote the various books, but I had never really appreciated them as much until I read this. Lavishly produced and illustrated in full-color, it features artwork by such prominent illustrators as Quentin Blake, Lane Smith, and Raymond Briggs. One of my all-time favorite writers. His books still hold the whimsy and charm that I found in them as a boy. His older, more mature writing is excellent as well, but his writing for children is his best. If you decide to read this treasury, you will find yourself transported to a world of unknown witches, greedy foxes, giants houses, peaches, and more amazing places that you would never think up. I respect Dahl for his wonderful imagination and terrific writing abilities. The Roald Dahl Treasury is a delightful collection by and about the World's Number One Storyteller.

Full Disclosure: I didn't realize how much of the book would be excerpts from other books. In the cases where I had not read the original books, I skimmed the excerpts in the Treasury (I didn't want to spoil the other stories). His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach.Lccn 97060691 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9676 Ocr_module_version 0.0.7 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19893 Openlibrary_edition What a lovely collection of samples and snippets and sometimes full poems/short stories by Roald Dahl. It is nicely divided into four themes: Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance. Through these areas, we get a good glimpse at the diversity of Dahl’s writings, all of which are accompanied by lovely illustrations by Quentin Blake for the most part, but also by Raymond Briggs, Babette Cole, Posy Simmonds and Ralph Steadman. Contains short stories, extracts from longer fiction, rhymes, and memoirs, as well as unpublished poetry and letters I'd not read a whole lot of Roald Dahl, but I knew the stories and had watched several of the films and loved them. So this became a book on the list for santa.

This review seems completely pointless because even if I did have anything bad to say about anything that Dahl has ever written (which I certainly do not), his legions of fans from young to old will simply ignore. And rightly so. Overall, this is a good collection of stories and poems with a mix of fiction and non-fiction. It contains the full stories of "The Enormous Crocodile" and "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" along with various poems such as "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" and "The Emperor's New Clothes". There are also many extracts from longer stories and novels such as The Twits, The BFG, and Matilda. Some of these samples are entertaining on their own but I do feel it helps to have an idea of the whole story when reading them. I only wish there had been a little more editorial narration/inserts, like the first couple of pieces by his editor and daughter, to better frame the sections of the book – like mini-introductions to each section. Seeing Dahl through is work is marvelous, but there is also something very precious in seeing him through the eyes of those who worked and lived closest to him for very long periods of time. urn:lcp:roalddahltreasur0000dahl_m9j6:epub:8d557305-a079-4408-ba51-209e0c2ee5ab Foldoutcount 0 Identifier roalddahltreasur0000dahl_m9j6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2d891w85 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0670877697

This book is the perfect gift for Roald Dahl fans and for all those yet to discover his magic. Read more Details Four exciting sections - ANIMALS; MAGIC; FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HEROES; and MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE - introduce some of Roald Dahl's most popular characters, from the Enormous Crocodile to the Twits, from the Witches to the BFG, from James to Matilda. In addition, the Treasury also included handwritten notes from Dahl to readers or from readers or letters to his mother - something that I appreciated seeing in the book. My husband reads to our unborn baby every night from this book (and others), which is absolutely adorable.