June 10, 2005

Roald Dahl

So the Roald Dahl museum opens tomorrow. Incidentally, Lim Jia forwarded me the link to the Roald Dahl website today. It's quite a joy to visit.

Posted by Monoceros at June 10, 2005 3:01 PM
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oh!! i'm going to try to go!!! it's about 40mins from london! how exciting...

i heard Quentin Blake talk about his drawings at the Cardiff Uni years back... it was just so special...
http://www.quentinblake.com/index.html

Posted by: overacuppa at June 11, 2005 9:29 AM

Oh yeah! That's an example of brilliant web design - fantastic for children (or child-like adults)! I love the oompa-loompas working as page-loading helpers!

Posted by: Barney at June 11, 2005 11:55 AM

lucky girl... i wish i could go too.

Posted by: airhole at June 11, 2005 4:14 PM

Yay, thanks for the link, Tigs! Do tell us how the visit goes.

Ha ha, didn't know you were a fan of RD, Barney. It's a very fun site. I like the audio recordings of RD reading his work.

Hey airhole, I'm sure you can pay a visit some day. =)

Posted by: monoceros at June 11, 2005 6:59 PM

Have read pretty much all his books, including the adult stuff. I guess lots of Brits my age would be the same, as his stories were everywhere when I was a child. James and the Giant Peach is the best! I even developed a 12 wk course reading Fantastic Mr Fox with a class of Japanese over-60-yr-olds. They loved it. He was never afraid of throwing out words usually considered "too difficult" for the target age of his reader - and kids love that challenge... and just the sound of the long words. And of course he would invent loads of words in each story (particularly the later kids ones) which is why it can be annoying for ESL/EFL learners (ie Eri)who can't find the damn word in the dictionary. Yeah, Roald Dahl - what a hero. I guess kids today may be more familiar with Phillip Pulman and he's also amazing. Did you ever read His Dark Materials (I went on about it enough). The first of the three is total genius!

Posted by: Barney at June 12, 2005 1:13 AM

yup, i will! oh i can't wait... must call to get a ticket! i love The BFG... he is so much like how i'd imagine RD to be like! and Boy and Going Solo were great too...

Posted by: tiggie at June 12, 2005 6:55 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4079720.stm

Posted by: Barney at June 12, 2005 7:23 AM

oh wow... i wonder if they sell the cool dream catchers... wheee... hope the lady returns my call re tickets!

Posted by: tiggie at June 12, 2005 11:28 AM

B, I read tons of his work when I was a kid too. I'm inspired to re-read them when I move home.

Tigs, you are so lucky to be paying a visit to the museum! Hey, if they sell those dream catchers, let me know. I'd love to get one too! =)

Posted by: monoceros at June 12, 2005 1:16 PM

yeah, i read all his children's books as a kid! love love love him! now waiting to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on the big screen!

Posted by: dsd at June 12, 2005 11:04 PM