More About Boy : : Roald Dahl's Tales From Childhood

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Call Number: Y 921 Dahl, Roald, Kids Book / Nonfiction / Biography / Artists & Writers / Dahl, Roald
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally published: London : Puffin Books, 2008.
Starting-point : Papa and Mama -- More about Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922/3 -- A grand time. Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923/5 (age 7/9) : The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- A life without sweets -- Going to Norway -- The magic island -- A visit to the doctor -- The last lap. St. Peter's, 1925/9 (age 9-13) : First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- The Maccano chariot -- Captain Hardcastle -- How I became a writer -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco. Repton and Shell, 1929/36 (age 13/20) : Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Painful punishments -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Horrid little boys and girls -- Corkers -- Fagging -- That awful cold bath -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school. P.S : Excerpt from Going solo -- A Dahl-tastic quiz.
Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.

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funny and weird and stupid. submitted by KSB2013 on July 12, 2016, 11:18am funny boy stuff.