Roald Dahl’s personal stories together in one edition!
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! Boy includes tales of sweetshops and chocolate, mean old ladies, and the Great Mouse Plot. And then Going Solo tells of how, when he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa and later went flying with the Royal Air Force.
To identify: Standard practice statement (‘First published’ followed by the date with no later printings listed underneath), with jacket priced £6.50
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984, USA.
To identify: Standard practice statement ( ‘First Edition’ with date or ‘First American Edition’ with date, no later dates or printing statements), with jacket priced $10.95
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984, USA.
To identify: With slip case, not priced, signed by author & illustrator. Limitation page with number out of 200 copies.
Connections:
The schoolboy belief that licorice is made from rat’s blood also appears in “The Ratcatcher.”
Important note: From 2022 onwards, Puffin has edited selected Dahl books to remove sensitive language and insert new sentences not written by Dahl. If you would prefer to read the original text, ensure you get a copy published before 2022 or one of the “Classic Collection” published by Penguin.
Description
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories?
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!
Six brand new lesson plans for teaching Roald Dahl's Boy: Tales of Childhood create by YPO to explore Literacy and PSHE objectives, whilst exploring themes such as descriptions, colourful characters and information gathering.
Students read and analyze a mentor text (an excerpt from the book), write their own narrative vignette, and analyze their use of pronouns in their vignette.
Designed to get students thinking critically about the text they read and provide a guided study format to facilitate in improved learning and retention
Covers
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984
Puffin, 1986
Heinemann, 1986
Penguin, 1988
Penguin, 1988
Scholastic, 1998
Puffin, 1999
Puffin, 2001
Puffin, 2008
Puffin, 2009
Puffin, 2009
Penguin, 2011
Penguin, 2011
Puffin, 2009
Jonathan Cape, 2012
Penguin, 2024
Bulgarian Covers – Момче
Enthusiast
Catalan Covers – El nen
Estrella Polar
Czech Covers – Kluk
Volvox Globator, 2009
Estonian Covers – Poiss. Lapsepõlvelood
Draakon & Kuu, 2017
French Covers – Moi, Boy
Gallimard
Gallimard, 1997
Gallimard, 2001
Gallimard, 2007
Gallimard, 2016
German Covers – Boy – Schönes und Schrekliches aus meiner Kinderzeit
