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Danny the Champion of the World
Danny the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl
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Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell?Danny has a life any boy would lovehis home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.
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sdbruening
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This was a sweet story about Danny and his dad and their poaching adventure. I enjoyed that they have midnight feasts when they can‘t sleep. Dahl‘s writing is so personal. Like the narrator is talking directly to you.

Aimeesue My 4th grade teacher read this to us and i still remember it vividly. ❤️ 3mo
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mabell
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This was one of my favorite Roald Dahl books growing up, but I haven‘t revisited it as an adult. Still a great story! The love and friendship between Danny and his father is so special, and the way they work together (to give Victor Hazell his comeuppance) is perfect!
Quite an adventure!
And Roald Dahl writes the most nasty, villainous adults! I have to skim read their parts 🤣
(I found this fabulous vintage copy for my shelves!)

#1975 #192025

Aimeesue Beautiful copy! My fourth grade teacher read this to us and I‘ve loved it ever since ❤️ 11mo
AvidReader25 I loved this one when I was young! 11mo
Librarybelle That is a fabulous vintage copy!! 11mo
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mabell @Aimeesue You have a good memory! I‘m trying to remember when I first read it! I can‘t think of anything I associate with it that would pin down the timing. This is going to drive me crazy 😆 11mo
mabell @AvidReader25 Same! I‘m always a little nervous going back to books I loved so much, but this was just as I remembered! ❤️ 11mo
mabell @Librarybelle I was so excited! It was a former school library copy that I extricated from the book cover! 11mo
squirrelbrain I had this exact cover, although mine was paperback! 11mo
mabell @squirrelbrain How fun! It‘s such a perfect cover for this book! I‘m trying to remember the one I had - I didn‘t remember this one, but I also didn‘t think it was Quentin Blake 🤔 11mo
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JoeMo
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I was a bit worried as the book started a bit slowly with setting up the backstory. Things took off the moment Danny sets off to find his father, who fails to come home from a pheasant-poaching excursion one night. The story was creative and fun while being more streamlined and focused compared to The Witches, which I also enjoyed. The audiobook includes a great narrative performance. I wish I had read this when I was young!

#bookspinbingo

tonymp Did you read any Roald Dahl books as a child? I think I read all of them. This author never failed to amuse me in childhood. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
JoeMo @tonymp embarrassingly, I never did…I would have loved his imaginative stories that much more if I had been young when reading them. I just got into his writing about 1.5 years ago when I was looking into books to read to and for my now ex-girlfriend‘s kiddo. Down the road, hopefully she‘ll still have and will at some point read the nice boxed set of Dahl‘s novels I had picked up for her! 😂🤷‍♂️ 2y
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jenniferw88
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Cinfhen Cool!!! I‘ve been going through my books and the 2022 prompts from #52Books52weeks - 2y
AllDebooks I loved this story as a kid, well all Roald Dahl books actually. Thanks for the tag, defo one to include alongside 2y
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BarbaraBB @Cinfhen You‘ve probably finished that one as well 😉 2y
Cinfhen I‘m pretty close @BarbaraBB 😂 2y
Librarybelle I‘ve not read this one by Dahl! Great choice! 2y
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nanuska_153
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I have mixed feelings...A father who is a poacher and goes to the forest in the middle of the night to hunt pheasants,risking his life and leaving his kid alone is certainly not my favourite subject...but we were all so invested in the story,absolutely hookedMy nephews only read Roald Dahl on week nights,but they asked for an exception because they simply had to know what was going to happen!I couldn't wait either and finished it ahead of schedule

KS1805 Funny story, when I was a kid my teacher read us this book. But I was confused about pheasants, I thought it meant peasants and was horrified that the dad was poaching peasants. I was just telling this story but couldn‘t remember what book this was from, so I‘m glad this popped up in my feed. 4y
nanuska_153 @KS1805 🤣🤣🤣 this is the best comment I've ever read 4y
Ruthiella @KS1805 Great story! 4y
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wanderinglynn
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#ManicMonday #letterD

📖 tagged
🖋 Roald Dahl
🎥 DIE HARD!
🎤 The Donnas
🎵 Dancing with Myself

JoScho Thanks for playing 🤗💚 5y
DaveGreen7777 DIE HARD!!! 🙌👍 5y
wanderinglynn @DaveGreen7777 YASSS!!! 🙌🏻 Yippee-ki-yay! 5y
Donna310x 📖HP Deathly Hallows ✒Roald Dahl 🎞 Dexter 🎤David Guetta 🎶Dancing in the Dark 5y
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Cuilin
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Day 3/7 Books that made an impression. Sticking with books from my childhood. This is my favorite Roald Dahl.

Tagging anyone who wants to join in.

Cupcake12 I loved this book. Living in the UK, we had to study so many of Dalh‘s books at school. 📚 5y
Powered_By_Plants Love this 💕 , Iv been enjoying these again with my daughter . Iv added all the David williams to my to read list too 🥰 . Can‘t wait until she is older enough for Harry Potter ⚡️ 5y
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JoyBlue
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Mehso-so

It's no Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime
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#7days7covers - Day 7

Play along! Post a cover a day for 7 days, no explanations

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toofondofbooks
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BookwormBetty

Found this book yesterday in a second hand bookshop. The same, albeit well loved copy that I first had read to me by one of my favourite teachers who was one of the many adults who instilled a love of reading in me.

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squirrelbrain
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This was one of my favourite books as a child. Although I can‘t remember much of the storyline now, this was definitely the cover of my copy.

Note the 1970s styling, slightly flared jeans and a donkey jacket...!

#wearethechampions
#MarchIntoThe70s

TrishB A lovely read 👍🏻 6y
jenniferw88 This is one of the first books I remember being read to me at first school! Happy memories! 6y
eraderneely What is a donkey jacket? 🤔 6y
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LapReader
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Last Friday‘s Salvo‘s haul For the bargain price of $11.50! Love the Pollyanna and This Side of Paradise covers. The Judy Blume and tagged book were free!

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Mitch
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Ambling around the village home of Roald Dahl... it‘s like walking inside each and every one of his books... “It was a very small filling station on a small country road, surrounded by fields & windy hills”

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WanderingBookaneer
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Sorting my classroom library and I didn‘t even realize people other than Quentin Blake had illustrated Dahl‘s books!

LibrarianRyan That looks like the 80s edition that came in Junior Library Guild. 6y
mabell That's a cool cover for it! I love that book! 6y
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francescareads
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This is shaping up to become a favorite.

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BookishMe
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#AprilBookishMadness
#RoaldDahl presented us with some of the most memorable Child protagonists, didn't he??

And the incredible Fern! #HopintoSpring #BelovedChildrensBook

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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

The story line was a little weird for me, but my 4th grader loved it.

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Yeah_I_Read
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The tagged book was one of my all time favorites but I also loved James and the Giant Peach, Matilda,The Witches, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Ronald Dahl was one of my childhood favorites. 😊😊😊

AmyG My great-neice is in first grade and she is obsessed with Matilda. It's so sweet. 7y
ValerieAndBooks ❤️ Danny!! 7y
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Balibee146
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Reading this with one of my boys.... Never read much Roald Dahl myself except Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was a kid!

jenniferw88 It's one of my favourites by him! 7y
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Bookwormjillk
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You will learn as you get older, just as I learned that autumn, that no father is perfect. Grown-ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

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KarenUK
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#day2 #characters2017 #kingoftheworld Danny is a Champion not king, but close enough .... A favorite from when I was little, and I just love these Quentin Blake illustrations....

LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓❣️ 7y
ValerieAndBooks I recently read this for the first time, and loved it! 7y
KarenUK @ValerieAndBooks it's really a lovely story.. I've always loved Roald Dahl 💕 7y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Absolutely loved this book; funny and with a happy ending (but not sappy). Danny and his dad are champions!! I should break up my reading more often with books like this. My kids weren't interested in the ones I have/read (just two; James the Giant Peach & Charlie and the chocolate Factory) 😢. And which of his grown-up fiction should I read 🤔? Read this for my #birthdaychallenge, year 1975

KarenUK I loved this book as a kid... time for a re-read I think! 👍😊 8y
ValerieAndBooks @KarenUK what I also liked was that even though it was aimed for kids, it didn't feel dumbed-down to me. I'm sure you'll enjoy your re-read 😊! 8y
Lmstraubie I'm not sure about him grown-up books, but if you haven't read Matilda I highly recommend it. If you can listen to the audio version. Kate Winslet does an amazing job on the narration. 8y
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Lmstraubie *his not him 😣 8y
ValerieAndBooks @Lmstraubie I was actually thinking of Matilda next, but I don't do audiobooks (Deaf). I saw the movie years ago and enjoyed it 😊 -- I just looked up when it came out and it was over 20 years ago, where did the time go 😱?! 8y
AvidReader25 I love his grown up short stories. He had a wicked sense of humor! 8y
KarenUK @ValerieAndBooks I find that with most Roald Dahl books - apparently he didn't like kids! 😂.... I haven't read it, but of his more adult work, I hear his memoir of his childhood is wonderful... (edited) 8y
Lmstraubie @ValerieAndBooks Oh , gosh sorry about the audio recommendation. 😶 I didn't realize it. Being a lover of books it is definitely worth the read! I loved the movie too. It was on Broadway here, but recently closed. I was sorry I didn't get to see it. 8y
ValerieAndBooks @Avidreader25 ooh, I'll definitely have to look into them then. I like wicked humor! 8y
ValerieAndBooks @KarenUK yeah, kids in his books sure get the brunt of it, don't they? Not as much in Danny. His memoir looks interesting! 8y
ValerieAndBooks @Lmstraubie no worries 🤗. And maybe you can catch Matilda in a smaller production someday! 8y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Danny's dad is an eye-smiler. Reading this palate-cleanser, and also it's for year 1975 of my birthday challenge. Was the only book on my list of 1975 reads that I was recently able to find.

Leniverse That was one of my favourite books as a young child. I've always wanted a sequel. 8y
LauraBeth Eye smilers - they get me every time! 😀💕 8y
Cinfhen I love that phrase💜 8y
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christineandbooks I so love this Roald Dahl book! 8y
ValerieAndBooks @Leniverse I loved it. And I agree, a sequel would have been awesome. 8y
ValerieAndBooks @LauraBeth yes! Eye-smilers are so much better than fake smilers. 8y
ValerieAndBooks @Cinfhen it's a fantastic phrase and also shows how true it is that eyes convey emotions. 8y
ValerieAndBooks @christineandbooks it was a feel-good story even with a couple villains in it. I was happy for Danny having such a cool dad. 8y
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DivaDiane
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Listening to this in the car with son and husband. So far, it's much more realistic than all the other Roald Dahl kid's books I've read.

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overflowingklc
Pickpick

Probably my favourite Roald Dahl. After reading this I wanted to live in a caravan and poach pheasants with my dad

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Brona
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And now for some light relief...
How on earth did I miss reading this as a child? I was 8 when it was first published - the perfect age for Danny and for Dahl.

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NadinetheReader

Happy 100th birthday to Roald Dahl! I loved reading these books and the memoirs when I was younger! I loved the movies as well! I once had an impressive collection of these books too! My favorite book was "The Witches" but I liked "The Twits" as well!

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Joanne1
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Over the last week or two I've been reading Danny the Champion of the World with my 7 year old daughter. This was the book that turned me into a reader so it was pretty special to share. I wondered how it would go over 30 years later. Thankfully we both loved it. And I appreciate the child/parent relationship so much more now. Now to decide what to read together next.

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TirzahPrice
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Such a delightful, odd tale about illegal poaching.

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TirzahPrice
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I'm remembering why I loved this book as a kid. It's basically about breaking all the rules and the adults in your life celebrating this fact.

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TirzahPrice
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"A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky!" This was my favorite Roald Dahl book as a kid and this is my first adult re-read! #biblioweekend

OSChamberlain Have you read his adult fiction? I just read his short story "Lambs to the Slaughter" and that dude can write some dark stuff! 8y
TirzahPrice @OSChamberlain I have not but I heard that some of his adult stuff is quite dark. I'll have to check it out. 8y
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TirzahPrice
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Some pretty hardcore reading going on over here. #biblioweekend

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BethFishReads I have a Dahl on my list too! 8y
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Joanne1
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Reading the first (and perhaps my favourite) Roald Dahl to my first born. Loving sharing my love of reading with such an appreciative little person.

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BarbaraJean
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I'm late posting a #uniquefact about me for #augustphotochallenge #day14! My unique fact: I grew up in England. My family moved from California to Cambridgeshire when I was 3. I used to unconsciously switch from an English accent at school to an American accent at home- had no idea I did it till a friend asked me "Why does your mum talk funny?" ? Pictured: favorite childhood books/authors I might not have discovered if we hadn't moved to England!

TheSpinecrackersBookClub Haha. That's hilarious! Good unique fact 😂 8y
BarbaraJean @TheSpinecrackersBookClub It was pretty funny! Even more hilarious: she eventually asked the "talk funny" question about my entire family, and after getting the answer "Because they're American," she said: "Well, I'm glad you're not American, because I don't like Americans." ??? 8y
mhillis That's funny! I loved the book 8y
BarbaraJean @mhillis It's such a good book! I love the father/son relationship it portrays. 8y
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scaifea
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One of my absolute very favorite books of all time. This audio version is excellent; the always-amazing Peter Serafinowicz does a fabulous job of it.

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amycollard
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Found this at a used bookstore when shopping with my kids. (Complete with vintage cover from 1975 😆). Just finished reading it with my 8-year-old daughter and we loved it! Such a fun and sweet story, beautiful depiction of a boy and his dad. My 10-year-old daughter loved it too.