Roald Dahl - Storyteller Extraordinary

I receive magazines from three or four "Book Clubs", and from time to time these magazines also offer story tapes and CD's. It must be about a couple of years ago now that I purchased a 27 CD collection of stories by Raold Dahl.

The stories on the CD's were, The Twits, Matilda, George's Marvellous Medicine, Danny the Champion of the World, Charlie and The Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocoate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Enormous Crocodile and Esio Trot.

   

Raold Dahl

Raold Dahl wrote some superb stories for children, which were, and still are very popular. (There are many grown ups [like myself] who also enjoy these stories!)

I have recently got round to listening to some of these stories, and have just finished listening to the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), which relates how a little girl called Sophie sees the BFG and is taken from her orphanage by him, to the Land of Giants, where she meets nine very evil and wicked giants who eat humans. With the help of the BFG and (the Queen!) she manages to thwart these giants and saves the lives of many children in England who they were planning to eat.

Sophie, perched on the shoulder of the BFG.

Both the BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have been turned into films, and both were very successful films.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tells the story of Willy Wonka, the owner of the Factory who produces golden tickets in just a few of his chocoate bars. The finders get to visit the factory, and one of them (Charlie) is given the factory.

If you get a chance do have a read of some of Roald Dahl's stories, and have a look at the films!