Songs and Verse - Roald Dahl

I am pleased that my son has really taken to the wonderful world of reading. At bedtime I like to read him a story and incorporate along with the items chosen by him from the library some classics that I also enjoyed when I was a little girl. One of the books that he likes to read over and over again is Roald Dahls "Songs and Verse". This gem provides him with hours and hours of amusement and I have to say he never tires of it. If you haven't read this to your child yet then I would highly recommend it as it is wonderful. Well written with some fabulous illustrations and is suitable for both adults and children alike. This book was of course written ...  Read the complete review

If I compare my sons' childhood with my own, I don't think there is much that I envy them, but one thing that I would pick out would be their access to Roald Dahl's books. Reading them aloud when they were very young, I think I got as much enjoyment from them as they did, but very soon they were devouring them by themselves. I was surprised to discover that 'James and the Giant Peach' was first published in 1961, as I was not aware of it until at least twenty years later. I thought we had gone through the whole range of Dahl's novels, poetry books and autobiographies, so I was pleasantly surprised to come across a collection of his 'Songs and Verses', which does contain ...  Read the complete review