Danny the Champion of the World | 
pickThis 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.
pickThis 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
pickI 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
pickA re-read from 22 years ago 😂!
Using for #fromavillainsperspective #52books52weeks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen and #1975 #192025 @Librarybelle
Would also work for #fiction #naturalitsy #naturalitsybingo2023 @AllDebooks
pickI 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
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.
so-soIt's no Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
#7days7covers - Day 7
Play along! Post a cover a day for 7 days, no explanations
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.
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
pickLast 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!
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”
Sorting my classroom library and I didn‘t even realize people other than Quentin Blake had illustrated Dahl‘s books!
#AprilBookishMadness
#RoaldDahl presented us with some of the most memorable Child protagonists, didn't he??
And the incredible Fern! #HopintoSpring #BelovedChildrensBook
pickThe story line was a little weird for me, but my 4th grader loved it.
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. 😊😊😊
Reading this with one of my boys.... Never read much Roald Dahl myself except Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was a kid!
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.
#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....
pickAbsolutely 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
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.
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.
pickProbably my favourite Roald Dahl. After reading this I wanted to live in a caravan and poach pheasants with my dad
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.
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!
pickOver 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.
pickSuch a delightful, odd tale about illegal poaching.
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.
"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
Some pretty hardcore reading going on over here. #biblioweekend
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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.
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!
pickOne 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.
pickFound 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.
