It's Roald Dahl Day - what's your favourite Roald Dahl book or character?

Sam_Alumni
Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,604 Championing
edited September 2019 in Coffee lounge
It is Roald Dahl Day today! And to celebrate we'd love you to share your favourite Roald Dahl book, character or quote! I was so excited to find the Roald Dahl website which sells not only books, but loads of cute stuff like tea cups, badges and gifts <3



My favourite Roald Dahl book is George's Marvellous Medicine but I have to say one of my favourite quotes is from The Twits;

"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” 

What is your favourite Roald Dahl book, character or quote?

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  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,865 Championing
    Too many to count! 

    I liked the BFG. 
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,604 Championing
    Did you see the remake of the BFG film they did a few years ago? I loved it :)
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,865 Championing
    Sam_Scope said:
    Did you see the remake of the BFG film they did a few years ago? I loved it :)
    Sam_Scope said:
    Did you see the remake of the BFG film they did a few years ago? I loved it :)
    No is it on Netflix?
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,604 Championing
    @April2018mom I saw it at the cinema when it came out in 2016. Just checked and I don't think it is on Netflix yet.
  • Ails
    Ails Community member Posts: 2,239 Championing
    Thanks for this @Sam_Scope.  I didn't realise it was Roald Dahl Day today.  His books are fab and the movies too!  I love Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  The Oompa-Loompahs are just awesome!  :smiley:
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,653 Online Community Programme Lead
    Mr Twit is easily my favourite. He just seems like my kinda guy.

    As far as a favourite book goes: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left me in awe as a chiddler, because the idea of living in a chocolate factory has always, understandably, appealed (Cadbury World was a bit disappointing by comparison!)

    '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.'
  • pollyanna1052
    pollyanna1052 Community member Posts: 2,016 Championing
    Charlie and Chocolate Factory   and BFG
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Community member Posts: 7,879 Championing
    I loved The Twits and The Witches
  • Singingsam
    Singingsam Community member Posts: 3 Listener
    As a chocoholic  it has to be Charlie from 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory'. I love James with his giant peach too!
  • Redbel75
    Redbel75 Community member Posts: 5 Listener
    Mine is Danny the champion of the world ?
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,653 Online Community Programme Lead
    Redbel75 said:
    Mine is Danny the champion of the world ?
    Loved that book. It was one of those books I avoided for a long time because it looked less colourful than his other stories and immediately realised what I'd been missing.
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,510 Championing
    I always loved Matilda! I got to see it at the theatre a few months ago and absolutely loved what they had done with the story!

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