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Author:

Shields, Charles J., 1951-

Title:

Roald Dahl / Charles J. Shields.

Publisher:

Chelsea House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Dahl, Roald--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Dahl, Roald
Authors, English--20th century.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Children's stories--Authorship.--Juvenile literature.
Authors, English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99) and index.

Contents:

The fighter pilot who could write -- Boy -- "I began to see I could handle fiction" -- Writing for adults -- The challenges of life -- Touching the young heart -- The hut in the garden -- Giggles of mirth.

Summary:

A description of the personal life and career of the twentieth-century English writer of such successful books as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Matilda."

Series:

Who wrote that?

ISBN:

9780791067222 (lib. bdg.) :
079106722X (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2002000048

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)