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Favorite Roald Dahl Moments

Curlann @annierose (21977) • United States 3 May

Just finished reading Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. What resonated with me was Charlie's story and the struggle with poverty, and Matilda's love for reading. Roald Dahl's books always hit home....

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Movie watch Talk: Matilda (Hollywood: 1996)

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49776) • India 10 Oct 21

So, we watched this movie recently: Matilda, based on a novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. Here is the YT link: https://youtu.be/jAicJ21pLbk Overall, an enjoyable movie, with some terrible characters in the plot. Matilda has...

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Roald Dahl

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 13 Sep 16

Do you Roald Dahl? He is a popular and I've read lots of his books growing up. He work James and Gaint Peach, The BFG, Matilda, and so on. Which one of his books have you read? If you've read the, which one of his books is your...

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Your favorite book as a kid

inkyuboz @inkyuboz (1392) • Mandaluyong City, Philippines 23 Apr 11

Are you one of those kids who grew up reading Roald Dahl or Enid Blyton books? Or maybe you were a kid when the Harry Potter mania was all the rage. Others might have read Archie comics or Sweet Valley books. Some of you may have...

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Roald Dahl? did anybody else read his books as a child?

lilredhead23 @lilredhead23 (194) • United States 13 Oct 10

My mother read to me a lot as a child, which spurned my love of books, one author in particular, Roald Dahl, he wrote Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Fantastic Mr.Fox[many of which are also movies]...anyways did...

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Do you agree that television hampers children's reading.

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 21 Jun 10

After reading a few of Roald Dahl's wonderful 'Revolting Rhymes'to my grandkids, I pondered on Dahl's little poem called 'Television', if you've not read it , here it is: [b] - 'Television' - by Roald...

revolting rhymes

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Just which Willy Wonka was most like Roald Dahl's Character?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 18 May 10

There has been a lot of discussion about which is the best version of Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate family - the one with Gene Wilder or the more recent one with Johnny Depp. Personally (although at times he...

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Which Roald Dahl story do you love, do you have memories from childhood of Dahl?

stephbond89 @stephbond89 (359) 9 May 10

Roald Dahl is somebody whose stories I grew up reading, I adored the Revolting Rhymes poem book, which was hillarious. My mum and dad used to read the stories to me at bed time, and as I grew older, I read them myself. But...

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Favorite Roald Dahl book

alatecablebill @alatecablebill (519) • Philippines 16 Sep 09

i have some of his books. i like matilda, danny the champion of the world, james and the giant peach and of course charlie and the chocolate factory. i am still looking foe ebooks of his other books. what about you?

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Have you ever seen the movie called Matilda?

cream97 @cream97 (29085) • United States 17 Nov 08

I saw this movie on Sunday. It was so funny. I loved the way Matilda was able to use her powers on the mean old hag. It was so funny. It was very sad, how her parents neglected her, and they did not even look after her. Matilda...

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Artist for Roald Dahl

Anne18 @Anne18 (11029) 20 Jun 08

Do you love the BFG's giant ears and Willy Wonka's top hat? Quentin Blake is the artist who has brought them and many of author Roald Dahl's other crazy creations to life. Quentin first started drawing aged five and has never...

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Favorite Roald Dahl?

prestocaro @prestocaro (1251) • United States 18 Apr 07

What is your favorite Roald Dahl book or movie? I love The Witches (book and movie) and James and the Giant Peach. Charlie and the Chocolate factory is in the midst of those, as well as Matilda. I also liked his autobiographies,...

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

mandakat @mandakat (879) • Canada 27 Oct 06

Do you prefer the original or the Johnny Depp version? Did you love or hate, one or both? What did you like, or dislike?

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