With his unmatched powers of wit and imagery, Roald Dahl's stories illustrate the consequences of greed and revenge and the benefits of being honest and forthright, in this 4-tape collection featuring the award-winning titles: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and The Enormous Crocodile.
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Roald Dahl's wonderful and outrageous tales continue to delight children the world over. Some of his most beloved stories include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and The Witches.
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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 attaché 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.The BFG is dedicated to the memory of Roald Dahls eldest daughter, Olivia, who died from measles when she was seven - the same age at which his sister had died (fron appendicitis) over forty years before. Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books.
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Wonderfully entertaining and original stories for kids and parents,
By clanRoss mom "clanrossmom" (Space Center, Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Roald Dahl Audio Collection (Audio Cassette)
Before buying this audio book, I did not know very much about Roald Dahl's stories. Even Mom and Dad have enjoyed the eccentric characters, great voices and witty dialogue. My kids (ages 5-13) listen to these stories again and again. Very silly and slightly scary in places (like all good fairy tales), but thoughtful and interesting for the whole family.
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By Scott Gaenicke (Titusville, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Roald Dahl Audio Collection (Audio Cassette)
These are absolutely wonderful stories told by a fabulous storyteller: the author. Who else could express the works better? Mr. Dahl has such a soothing voice that my family often listens to these tapes at bedtime and gently drift to sleep. I have two daughters, 7 and 3 years old. We highly recommend these tapes.
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A listening treat for young and old alike,
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This review is from: The Roald Dahl Audio Collection (Audio Cassette)
I am glad to have the chance to listen to Dahl interpretating his own stories. Dahl's controlled yet effective narative gave his own writing a new lease in life
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