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Roald Dahl, The Minpins Scarecrow of the BFG (the Big Friendly Giant) at a festival in Yorkshire. Many of Dahl's new words are spoken by the character. [129]

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Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. John Shirley (2001). "Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". LocusOnline. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 . Retrieved 10 October 2022. Brodesser, Claude (4 February 2003). " 'Twits' pic pleases Cleese". Variety . Retrieved 21 January 2012.

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UK world's best selling children author on Gibraltar stamps". World Stamp News (worldstampnews.com). 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 . Retrieved 28 January 2011. Responding in 1990 to a journalist from The Jewish Chronicle, whom he considered rude, he said: "I am an old hand at dealing with you buggers." [203] When is Roald and Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse on TV?, 30 November 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020 . Retrieved 6 October 2022. There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t even started wondering about yet.”

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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity". Marvellouschildrenscharity.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014 . Retrieved 28 January 2011.Roald Dahl plaque for 'Weston-super-Mud' ". BBC News. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 . Retrieved 7 March 2019. I wanted to ask him how he could be so absolutely sure that other creatures did not get the same special treatment as us. I sat there wondering if this great and famous churchman really knew what he was talking about and whether he knew anything at all about God or heaven, and if he didn't, then who in the world did?" [90] Kirk DeMicco: Monkey Business". Total Sci-Fi Online. 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012 . Retrieved 21 January 2012.

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Books magazine, Volumes 5–7. Publishing News Ltd. 1991. p.35. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. Do any of us children, she wondered, ever stop to ask ourselves where our teachers go when school is over for the day? Do we wonder if they live alone, or if there is a mother at home or a sister or a husband?”Regarded as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century", [5] Dahl was named by The Times one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. [8] He ranks amongst the world's best-selling fiction authors with sales estimated at over 300million, [3] [4] [7] [10] and his books have been published in 63 languages. [6] [172] In 2000 Dahl topped the list of Britain's favourite authors. [173] In 2003 four books by Dahl, led by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at number 35, ranked among the Top 100 in The Big Read, a survey of the British public by the BBC to determine the "nation's best-loved novel" of all time. [174] In surveys of UK teachers, parents and students, Dahl is frequently ranked the best children's writer. [175] [176] He won the first three Australian BILBY Younger Readers Award; for Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. [177] In a 2006 list for the Royal Society of Literature, Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling named Charlie and the Chocolate Factory one of her top ten books every child should read. [178] Critics have commented on the similarities between the Dursley family from Harry Potter and the nightmarish guardians seen in many of Dahl's books, such as Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker from James and the Giant Peach, Grandma from George's Marvellous Medicine, and the Wormwoods from Matilda. [179] In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily US audience. The Top 100 included four books by Dahl, more than any other writer. [180] The American magazine Time named three Dahl books in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time, more than any other author. [181] Dahl is one of the most borrowed authors in UK libraries. [182] [183] They also keep a family of pet monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps. The Twits, who are retired circus trainers, are trying to create the first upside-down monkey circus. They will always demand the monkeys stand on their heads for hours on end. In The Twits, more than a dozen changes were made, including changing "ladies and gentlemen" to "folks" and removing words like batty, nutty, screwy, ugly, and hag. [13] [14] Original text

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In November 1962, Dahl's daughter Olivia died of measles encephalitis, age seven. Her death left Dahl "limp with despair", and feeling guilty about not having been able to do anything for her. [87] Dahl subsequently became a proponent of immunisation—writing " Measles: A Dangerous Illness" in 1988 in response to measles cases in the UK—and dedicated his 1982 book The BFG to his daughter. [88] [89] After Olivia's death and a meeting with a Church official, Dahl came to view Christianity as a sham. [90] In mourning he had sought spiritual guidance from Geoffrey Fisher, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and was dismayed being told that, although Olivia was in Paradise, her beloved dog Rowley would never join her there. [90] Dahl recalled years later: Roald Dahl [a] (13 September 1916– 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. [1] [2] His books have sold more than 300million copies worldwide. [3] [4] Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". [5]Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.” The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.” The last book published in his lifetime, Esio Trot, released in January 1990, marked a change in style for the author. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), it is the story of an old, lonely man trying to make a connection with a woman he has loved from afar. [120] In 1994, the English language audiobook recording of the book was provided by Monty Python member Michael Palin. [121] Screenwriter Richard Curtis adapted it into a 2015 BBC television comedy film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple. [122] Roald Dahl won children's hearts by co-conspiring against adults". Deutsche Welle. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015 . Retrieved 16 July 2015.