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Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.
Lexile Measure: 670L (What's this?)
Series: Who Was...?
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; Original edition (August 30, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0448461463
ISBN-13: 978-0448461465
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.2 x 7.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #46,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #26 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Literary #14442 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
My students love this series, and new titles always fly off the shelf as soon as they come in. This book was especially fun because it is about an author we have studied this year, so we decided to read the book as a class. I am very happy with how the book keeps the kids' interest and the way facts are presented.
Very comprehensive and interesting read on Roald Dahl. Mom and 8 and 11 year old daughters loved this as much as we love his books.....very inspiring and useful to show kids what they can do despite odds and obstacles.....
Super interesting! We bought this book after reading the BFG book (and seeing the movie). My kids are big Roald Dahl fans - so it was wonderful learning more about his unusual life! Very inspirational for kids who want to be authors, too...
From my 10 year old son, who was the one who read it:"This book taught me and told me a lot about one of my favorite authors. I didn't get bored reading it and I really liked it. I didn't give it 5 stars out of 5 because I was hoping it would be as funny as some of his books are, but it wasn't. But it was still a really entertaining book that I want to read again" ~from a 10 year old reader
No book can take the place of Roald Dahl's own books. Reading Boy and Going Solo is a must before delving into Dahl's books. This biography is good and I would give it to 3rd graders and up to read. I read it on a screen/Kindle version to my K class before reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and the BFG.
Anyone who has read a Dahl book will find this concise biography interesting. We get intriguing details of his comfortable Southern childhood followed by the adventures of the most adventurous writers, from living abroad to enlisting in the RAF during WWII. There is even a short biography of his first wife with an account of a loving and pleasant second life. A bibliography of his books made into movies will satisfy the movie buff along with an account of his experience as a screen writer.Written for the young reader but with a challenging vocabulary. It will satisfy the older reader as well.
this was a very interesting book. I did not know that his life was so interesting and chaotic I feel that it will make me think about his books in a different way now that I know what his life was like.
It was sad . Some of the people very important to Roald die. It was a good book too. Roald fought in world war 2. He had a dog named Chopper. Roald died while working on a book inspired by Chopper. It was about a girl who could talk to her dog. It was sad because his daughter,Olivia died from a sickness at the age of seven, Roald dies at the end. Great book for 2nd to 4th graders.
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