Upcoming Event: Roald Dahl Day - 2nd October 2012

Come join in the fun and help us celebrate the work of Roald Dahl.
We will be dressing up as our favourite characters, so make sure you do too.
 Think you know all there is to know about Roald Dahl? Think again! Have a look at some of these fantastic facts about Roald Dahl and you just might be surprised by some of the information:

1. Most people think that Roald Dahl’s first children’s book was James and the Giant Peach, but it wasn’t. The Gremlins, published in 1943, was his first book for kids.
2. Roald Dahl received a letter in 1971 from a real-life Willy Wonka. This Willy Wonka didn’t own a chocolate factory. He lived in Nebraska and worked as a postman.
3. Most people know that Roald Dahl wrote books for both children and adults, but did you know that he also wrote screenplays? Dahl penned the screenplays to the James Bond film You Only Live Twice and the children’s film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
4. Roald Dahl was fluent in three languages: English, Norwegian and Swahili. He learnt to speak Swahili when he was working in Africa for Shell in the 1930s.
5. Roald Dahl was a giant of a man. At 6’5” (about 198cm) Roald Dahl would have towered over most of his readers and fans.
6. Dahl loved eating chocolate, though he didn’t much care for chocolate ice cream or chocolate cake. It is said that when he was a young man, Roald Dahl’s hair was the colour of milk chocolate.

You can also part of our day by staying tuned to our blog and commenting on the activities that will take place next Tuesday.