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Newest Review: ... Twits) usually as the main character, which makes it easy to relate to. Roald Dahl's stories are interesting, move quite quickly and have a humorous content; these factors hold the interest of the child. "In any novel, it is always the story itself that must initially appeal to readers, thereby arousing curiosity about what is going to happen next that can only be satisfied by ... more |
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by mdp97jes - written on 14/08/02 (Very useful, 234 readings)
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When I was at university studying playwork, I carried out a survey of books read by children aged 7-14. The favourites by a long way were Roald Dahl books. Although this survey was quite small (25 children) it does appear to be quite representative of children's reading habits. A 1990's survey of 4,000 children, conducted by The Library Association, Roald Dahl was the most popular author with his books taking the top five places. Roald Dahl is also in the top six authors borrowed from public libraries. "Children of all ages seem to love Roald Dahl" (Bradman 1986). This was apparent with the young children mentioning Roald Dahl as much as the ...
by flippinmental822 - written on 24/07/02 (Somewhat useful, 24 readings)
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Roald Dahl books , are usual humerous and well written! Often they are based round a child as one of the main charaters . Roald Dahl books are aimed at younger aged children , from around age 8-12 I would say . Roald Dahl books are very creatively written , they are written well and capture your attention from the moment you open the book! Roald Dahl has written many titles and many have been popular , one of his most popular titles , was of course Charlie and The Chocolate factory or Matilda and The Witches and James and the giant peach! we could go on for hours! so why not check out his books for yourself?! ...
by mjtodd - written on 01/07/02 (Useful, 28 readings)
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My favourite Roald Dahl book was The BFG and I still love it to this day. To me, Dahl took you away from boring normal life and showed you what kind of fun you could have. I first came across Roald Dahl when I was seven when my teacher read the class The Enormous Crocodile. I thought it was one of the coolest books ever and managed to get my mum to buy me the book before we had even finished reading it in school. That book taught me a trick, which at that age I thought was really neat: in one part of The Enormous Crocodile, the croc, which eats kids, lay in the fun fair on one of the rides and pretended to be a dummy crocodile that was part of the ride. He ...
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