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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales, in 1916.
* He was the son of Norwegian parents.
* He attended boarding school in England.
* He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
* He became a successful writer of children's books.
* His most famous books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach.
* His books have been translated into over 50 languages.
* He died in 1990.
* His books continue to be enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.

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I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.

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Life is more fun if you play games.

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it

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I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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Don't gobblefunk around with words.

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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

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So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves with lots of books.

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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

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It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

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