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    Roald Dahl was a famous British author born in Wales in 1916. He stood at an impressive 6'6" tall. Some of his most well-known children's books include The Witches, Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits. He sold over 250 million copies worldwide in over 50 languages. Dahl also served as a World War II spy and wrote most of his stories in his garden shed using only pencil and paper. The illustrator Quentin Blake drew pictures for nearly all of Dahl's books and has illustrated over 400 books total during his career.

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    Roald Dahl was a famous British author born in Wales in 1916. He stood at an impressive 6'6" tall. Some of his most well-known children's books include The Witches, Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits. He sold over 250 million copies worldwide in over 50 languages. Dahl also served as a World War II spy and wrote most of his stories in his garden shed using only pencil and paper. The illustrator Quentin Blake drew pictures for nearly all of Dahl's books and has illustrated over 400 books total during his career.

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    Roald Dahl was a famous British author born in Wales in 1916. He stood at an impressive 6'6" tall. Some of his most well-known children's books include The Witches, Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits. He sold over 250 million copies worldwide in over 50 languages. Dahl also served as a World War II spy and wrote most of his stories in his garden shed using only pencil and paper. The illustrator Quentin Blake drew pictures for nearly all of Dahl's books and has illustrated over 400 books total during his career.

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    Roald Dahl was a famous British author born in Wales in 1916. He stood at an impressive 6'6" tall. Some of his most well-known children's books include The Witches, Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits. He sold over 250 million copies worldwide in over 50 languages. Dahl also served as a World War II spy and wrote most of his stories in his garden shed using only pencil and paper. The illustrator Quentin Blake drew pictures for nearly all of Dahl's books and has illustrated over 400 books total during his career.

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    ROALD

    DAHL
    Who is
    Roald Dahl?
    ROALD DAHL
    PROFILE

    Born: 13th September 1916 Height: A huge 6'6" (200cm) - a real life
    BFG!

    Died: 23 November 1990 Famous author who wrote 17 children's books


    including famous titles such as The Witches,
    Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits.
    From: Cardiff, Wales (UK) 02
    Sold over 250 million copies of
    his books in over 50 languages

    Roald Dahl's birthday is

    DAHL celebrated every year, now known


    as 'Roald Dahl Day'

    FAST FACTS His parents were Norwegian

    His teachers didn’t think he was


    very good at writing when he was
    at school!

    03
    DID YOU
    KNOW?

    Roald Dahl fought in World War II


    and was a spy for the British spy
    agency MI6!
    DID YOU
    KNOW?

    Roald Dahl wrote most of his books


    in his garden shed using only pencil
    and paper!
    He invented more than 500
    new words and character
    names - He called his
    language Gobblefunk and
    has his own dictionary!

    Try the Gobblefunk generator to


    discover your Dahl name!
    QUENTIN
    BLAKE
    DID YOU
    KNOW?

    Quentin Blake is a famous illustrator


    who drew nearly all of the images in
    Roald Dahl's books.
    DID YOU
    KNOW?
    Blake has illustrated around 400
    books, many by other famous
    authors like David Walliams and
    Michael Morpurgo.
    Blake started working with Roald Dahl in
    the 1970s. In 1979, they published their
    first book together...
    The Enormous Crocodile
    A real picture of Roald Dahl and
    Quentin Blake working together,
    alongside Blake's illustration.

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