Boy: Tales of Childhood Contributor(s): Dahl, Roald (Author), Blake, Quentin (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 014241381X ISBN-13: 9780142413814 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Filled with excitement, humor, and the unexpected, this entertaining collection of tales--inspired by Roald Dahl's remarkable childhood--are stories that are not easily forgotten. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Adolescence |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 1020 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Catalog Heading - Biographies - Curriculum Strand - Biographies - Topical - Home Schooling |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 9543 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood From his own life, of course As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don't yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl. Sure to captivate and delight you, the boyhood antics of this master storyteller are not to be missed |