Roald DahlWho is he?

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

Roald Dahl is a famous Britsh author but he only started writing after he had his own children.

He also wrote screenplays for films like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, You Only Live Twice, and Gremlins

The Roald Dahl museum has lots of books and bright colours in it.

Some of his most famous characters have been put onto stamps.

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was 6’6”

(2 metres). That is very tall!

Roald Dahl’s birthday - 13 September is celebrated

as Roald Dahl Day

Roald DahlHis Life

Roald Dahl was born on 13th September 1916 in South Wales.

When he was at school he enjoyed games. His favourite game was conkers.

He died in Oxford in 1990, aged 74 years.

Roald Dahl liked dogs. His dogs were called Eva, Jelly and Chopper.

His children were called Oliver, Tess, Teo and Lucy. This is a picture of them on a family holiday together. Roald Dahl married a second time when he was older.

Roald Dahl was in the Royal Air Force. He was a Hurrican Fighter Pilot.

The plaque below is in Cardiff in Wales. Part of the city was renamed after Roald Dahl in 2002 to celebrate that he was born in Wales

During World War II when he was fighting for the British his plane crashed into No Man’s Land.

Did you know that

Roald Dahl once had a pet goat!

Roald DahlWhat he did

Here is Roald Dahl inside his writing hut. This is where he wrote his books.

Roald Dahl wrote 21

children’s books and 31 adult books.

Roald Dahl was a famous author. He wrote many books including the Golden Ticket and Charile and the Chocolate Factory.

He worked with Quentin Blake who did the pictures in his books.

Roald Dahl’s books have

sold more than 100 million copies.

Roald Dahl won 18 awards for his books. When he died the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was started. It is an award for funny writing for children. Many of Roald Dahl’s books were very funny.

Some of his books have been made into films. This is one of his film posters. This is a

character out of the film “The Witches”.