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  • Published: 24 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141335209
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

Fantastic Mr Dahl



The fantastic lifestory of the fantastic Roald Dahl by Michael Rosen.

Just how did Roald Dahl get into writing? Where did he get his ideas from? What ingredients in his life turned him into the kind of writer he was? Michael Rosen - poet, broadcaster and former Children's Laureate, comes up with some of the answers to these key questions in his lively biography of the world's No.1 storyteller, written specially for children. Full of stories and funny anecdotes from Roald Dahl's school days and family life, Michael Rosen's fascinating observations creates a vivid picture of one of the most famous writers of all time.

  • Published: 24 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141335209
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

About the author

Quentin Blake

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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