Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl

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104 of 105 Ciao users found the following review helpful

jillmurphy

Member since 08/07/2000

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It's A Plot, A Grown Up Plot To Keep Us Quiet 10/06/2002

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Advantages Eek they have these here too!
Disadvantages Bums.

A long time ago, in 1916, a little boy was born to Norwegian parents living in South Wales. His father was a successful businessman, but idiosyncratic to say the least. He wanted his children to have an appreciation of beauty, so before they were born he spent hours taking his pregnant wife on "glorious walks" to take in the natural splendour of the countryside. In this way he hoped that the wonder of nature and an appreciation of it would somehow be transmitted to his unborn child. The little boy's father had only one arm, but got along just fine with the aid of various ingenious gadgets he'd ... more
61 of 61 Ciao users found the following review helpful

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ROALD’S REFLECTIONS
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20/05/2004

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Advantages Great book, easy to read
Disadvantages Time flies when you read it

November 1990 was a sad time for England. Not because the country’s two largest satellite broadcaster, Sky and British Satellite Broadcasting joined to form BSkyB, nor because we lost Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. In fact, it was as far removed from these two incidents as you could possibly imagine. On 23rd November 1990, aged 74, Roald Dahl, creator of several of the world’s most engaging children’s books died as a result of a rare blood disorder called Myelo-dysplastic. In doing so, we lost a great talent whose imagery and imagination live on forever in books such as Charlie and The ... more
21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Puggers

Member since 29/03/2005

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About a Boy 25/02/2009

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Advantages Wonderfully written, full of Dahl's delightful storytelling ability
Disadvantages Over all too quickly

As an English Teacher, I come across all manner of extracts from assorted novels in textbooks - selected paragraphs of Potter, or snippets of Orwell and Huxley chosen for some part of the language they contain. However, no author seems to feature as regularly as Roald Dahl; perhaps it's because his books are especially accessible, or perhaps there's something essentially English in character about his writing. In any case, I always enjoy coming across Dahl's work wherever I find it - even stories I've read dozens of times before are still delightfully funny, clever and fresh. Boy is the first ... more
18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful

dotcom1001

boy has no ordinary boys life 19/01/2005

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Advantages great book lots of interesting scenes
Disadvantages could go ino more detail

“Boy” is an autobiography by Roald Dahl and describes his eventful childhood. The book describes his holidays to Norway, his schooldays and his family history. It describes his eventful everyday life and the unusual adventures within it. The book begins in an exciting fashion as it describes his very unusual upbringing and members of his family. The main character is obviously Roald Dahl himself as it is an autobiography and subsequently the book is written in the first person. However, other characters that appear quite a lot include his friends, his family – his mother, ancient-sister ... more
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gaffers_son

Boy 04/08/2000

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I love this book so much, I made my older sister go out and buy it for me straight away!!(Much to her distress!!) It is the interesting account of Roald Dahl's childhood, filled with facts and photographs, so you can really imagine yourself living there. I have read most of Roald Dahl's books, but this will always be my favourite because it's the only one in which we actually meet him, and discover his past, and live through his childhood with him. I strongly recommend this to anyone yound at heart!! ... more
29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Jamz.13

Was you ever a boy??? 17/03/2007

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Advantages Great Read, Easy for young children
Disadvantages time goes to quick when you read it

I have read this book so many times and I loved it from the first time I read it to the last time I read it. You can never get bored with this book. I am a huge fan of Roald Dahl and I think his books are great. This has to be my favorite book of his as it has funny bits in it and serious bits in it. I think all children's books should have some serious bits in it. This book is an autobiography from Roald Dahl himself telling events in his life. There are 4 parts in his book which are different parts of his life. I will tell about them now. ~~~Starting Point~~~ In this part of the book there ... more
19 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful

danzo

"boy" and me 30/08/2003

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Advantages really good book
Disadvantages non

I first read this book when i was in year 6 when our teacher use to read use stories to keep us busy. Even though Roald Dahl describes his boarding school and grotesque and absolutely horrible i found myself at a boarding school in Oxford a couple of years later. My exparience wasn't anything like the book gladly but i did have my fair share of mean teachers! The book itself: The book is set in France, Great Britain and Norway. This is where Roald Dahl himself had spent his life. This book is about Roald Dahl and his past as the main character is Roald Dahl himself. In the book we are told ... more
8 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful

sam123

His books will be continued to be read 17/03/2001

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Advantages great writer who wrote for adults and children
Disadvantages he has died

Roald Dahl was my all time favourite author when I was younger and now I still have many of his books, who can forget some of his classics like Charlie and The chocolate Factory, I even went to see this teatre it was brilliant. Matilda, The Witches, James and The Giant Peach, George's Marvellous Medicine were other good books written by him. I apologise if I have missed any good books out, but these are the ones I can remember at the top of my head. I must admit the time I read Witches I was very scared, but soon came to terms with it. I was so sad when he died he really did win a place in my ... more
8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful

chris213west

Boy - Tales of an amazing book 15/07/2006

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Advantages Semi-Autobiographical
Disadvantages Going Solo is a completely different story

I first read this book when I was 12 years old, and have read it at least five times since. Roald Dahl, as we know was a man of great genius, but the almost auto-biographical account of Dahl's childhood made me both laugh and cry within one sentence. The full account includes real life events, dusted with Dahl's amazing imagination... Creating what feels like a fairy tale. "Boy, Tales of Childhood" is a refreshing change from the incredible fully fictional works of Dahl, as well as providing a thorough insight into his life experiences, which may have led to some of the incredible books he ... more
10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful

danthepianoman

A truly outstanding read. 03/02/2006

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Advantages Takes you back to life as it used to be.
Disadvantages None.

Boy takes you back in to the childhood of Roald Dahl, perhaps one of the most popular and well-read of all children's authors. It details his family life from just before he was, through to when he left school. It tells of his own personal journey, and of all of the exciting and interesting things that he became involved in - from planting a mouse in the local sweet shop, to the days he used to go on holiday back home to his native Norway - via about 4 different forms of transport. I really thought that I had a varied upbringing, but changed my mind as soon as I read these stories. If only I ... more