The matter with human beans is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is actually seeing it right in front of their own schnozzles.
~ The BFG
Roald Dahl’s books have the amazing ability to bring us into a new world. It’s a world in which the impossible is possible and likely to occur. In his world a child can become friends with talking insects, your family can be rescued by a candy-making genius, and the underdog defies the odds and succeeds. In elementary school I fell in love with Dahl’s writing and read every book I could find by him. He is without a doubt my favorite children’s author. At times adults have declared his books inappropriate for violence. In truth, however, his violent descriptions of the Trunchbull from Matilda, the Twits, or the giants from the BFG are so completely ridiculous that children find it absurdly hilarious. Dahl loved to play with imagination, and mix the possible with the impossible, which causes us to open our imaginations. In the BFG, he describes how dreams are mixed in jars to make more complex dreams, almost like cooking! Roald Dahl’s writing influenced my love for reading and I plan to share his unique stories with my students!
His website is a lot of fun too. Check it out! www.roalddahl.com
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