Description
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 18
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 6.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780593464120
ISBN10: 0593464125
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Colors
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Activity Books | General
About the Author
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attach? in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.

