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MR. DAHL
September 13, 1916-November 23 1990
Dahl, R., & Schindelman, J.
(1964). Charlie and the chocolate
ROALD
DAHL
factory. New York: Knopf.
Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff,
Dahl, R. (1986). Fantastic Mr Fox.
Wales to his mother and father, Herald
London: Puffin.
Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg.
Dahl, R. (1961). James and the
Both of his parents were Norwegian,
giant peach. London: Puffin.
and Dahl and his four siblings were
Dahl, R., & Blake, Q. (1988).
primarily raised by his mother. Dahl
Matilda. New York, N.Y: Viking
was sent to many boarding schools in
Kestrel.
his lifetime, which he says was part of
Dahl, R., & Blake, Q.
the inspiration for Matilda, since many
(1989). Rhyme Stew. London:
of the students would be beaten with
Penguin Books.
canes in school. The handful of his
Dahl, R., & Blake, Q. (1982). The
most beloved stories were inspired by
BFG
real life events that he wanted to
Dahl , R. (1943). The Gremlins.
remember, and share with the world.
Walt Disney Company.
Dahl once dreamed of being a
Dahl , R. (1980). The Twits. New
chocolatier, which is what motivated
York, New York: Scholastic Inc.
him to write arguably his most famous
Dahl, R., & Blake, Q. (1983). The
novel, Charlie and the Chocolate
witches. New York: Farrar,
Factory. Roald Dahl will forever be an
Straus, Giroux.
American treasure and a beloved 1916 - 1990
children's literature author, who has
written countless, timeless children's
books..
MADDIE FREGUIA,
SOPHIA MANDELL
 Matilda
Matilda is about an extremely smart young
girl who can read, write and do all sorts of
school subjects in her head with no
restrictions. She is absolutely brilliant. She
lives with two horrible parents and a bratty
brother. Her family does not understand
her passion for learning, and for that they
treat her poorly. When Matilda starts school
she goes through ups and downs of being the
“odd child out”, while dealing with her
crazy principle, Miss Trunchbull. She
befriends her teacher Miss Honey, and they
devise a plan to get back at Miss Trunchbull
for being so mean. They get back at the
mean lady and Miss Honey ends up adopting
Matilda from her mean family and they live
the most wonderful life together.
The BFG
The BFG, also known as The Big
Friendly Giant, is a book about an
young orphaned girl named Sophie
who is lonely and cannot sleep when
all of the sudden she see a huge man
walking through the streets who
comes and kidnaps her. She is taken
to the giant’s cave where he then tells
her that she must stay there with him
forever. Sophie and the BFG become
friends and work towards saving
children from kid-eating giants.
The Witches
This is yet another story about an orphaned
child, however the only name this child ever
goes by is “The Boy”. The Boy and his
grandmother live together and are very
close; she always tells him stories about
witches. The boy and his grandmother go for
a trip and the boy and another child end up
getting turned into mice by a group of
witches. The boy begins to formulate a plan
to turn all of the witches into mice. His plan
succeeds and he returns home (still a mouse)
with his grandmother and they live out the
rest of their lives together. 
The Gremlins
This book was written based off of
Dahl’s experience in the Air Force.
The Gremlins wreak havoc on
Royal Air Force machines to try
and destroy/cause them trouble.
After a while the Gremlins join
forces with RAF to fight again
Hitler. The Gremlins learn how to
fix the aircrafts that they have
destroyed and work together with
the RAF.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
This story is about a clever fox, named Mr.
Fox. He has a family, wife and four children,
and in order to feed them all he steals food
from three local farmers each night. The
whole story is about the farmers attempting
to capture Mr. Fox and him outsmarting
them. The story ends with Mr. Fox living
underground and feeding all his friends and
family through his underground tunnels
that he has made leading to the famers
houses.  obstacles that he has to overcome,
Rhyme Stew
The book is a collection of poems that
are all a parody tale of famously known
fairy tales such as, The Tortoise and the
Hare, Hansel and Gretel, Hey Diddle
Diddle, and a many others. These
poems are aimed at a more mature
audience than Dahl’s usual audience.
The Twits
This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Twit,
two grumpy, gross people. They hate
every good thing in the world and get
joy from being mean. The make bird
pies and have caged monkeys;
eventually the monkeys get tired of the
Twit’s mean games and they decide to
teach them a lesson. The Twit’s are
never mean again.
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach is
about a young orphaned boy who
goes to live with his two aunts. He
is extremely lonely and has to
friends, but one day he meets an
old man who gives him some
magical objects and instructions.
James follows the instructions and
eventually a gigantic peach grow.
Inside the giant peach, James
meets many creatures who he soon
becomes great friends with. Like
any other story, James faces many
but in the end James and his friend
live happily ever after in their
giant peach.
 Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is about a boy
named Charlie who lives with his parents and four
grandparents. His family is very poor and is constantly
struggling to survive. One day, a local chocolate factory
decides to reopen and allow 5 children to come and
visit. The hunt begins for the 5 tickets to enter the
factory and lucky boy Charlie, finds the last golden
ticket. Throughout the story all 5 children face
different obstacles, and eventually Charlie is the last
won standing. Willy Wonka, the factory owner, then
gifts Charlie with the entire chocolate factory to live in
and run for the rest of time. 

In the Classroom
The book we chose to use in the classroom is Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, ideally we would use
this book with young readers (K-2). We chose this
book because it shows different creative sides of
each individual in the story. With this we could
show children how to always be yourself. Another
aspect to be used in teaching is to make do with
what you have and always be hopeful. Charlie was a
poor boy and grew up with almost nothing but he
still always had a smile on his face. Lastly, this is a
story of maturity. Charlie was more mature and
able to handle himself in situations within the
factory, which led to him getting the award at the
end. 
Roald Dahl in
the Classroom

How we would implement Mr.

Dahl's classic stories into an
everyday classroom
Being that most of these stories are chapter
books, we would assign the books as free
reading, with room for reflection in any
way that the student sees fit. Most of Dahl's
stories are fictional and emphasize things
that children popularly fantasize about. It
would be important to discuss the moral
messages behind each story and to ensure
that the students are following along with
the fairytale storyline, and the message
embedded within.