Friday 11 September 2009

September 13 is Roald Dahl Day. While Dahl was best known for his delicious children's novels (see our favourites below), he also wrote many tales for older readers with his trademark wit and unexpected plot twists.

This year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize features a great group of nominees, including Little Britain's David Walliams, who's written a book (unsurprisingly) titled The Boy in the Dress.

The list reads:

• Short stories, various
• Matilda
• The Witches
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Best of Roald Dahl
• Boy
• Revolting Rhymes
• The Twits
• Danny the Champion of the World
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• James and the Giant Peach
• The Magic Finger
• The BFG
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (again!) (it was very farm-orientated)
• The BFG (again!)
• The Twits (again!)
• George's Marvellous Medicine
• Tales of the Unexpected
  

We salute Roald Dahl for bringing dark and delicious literature to children and helping them become lifelong book lovers - many of whom clearly work at Canongate!

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