Boy : tales of childhood /
Dahl, Roald.
Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. - 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.
1020L Lexile.
0374373744 (hdbk.) 9780374373740 (hdbk.) 0140318909 (pbk.) 0141303050 (pbk.) 9780142413814 (pbk.) 9780613639224 (Turtleback bdg.)
84048462
Dahl, Roald--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Authors, English.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. - 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.
Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.
1020L Lexile.
0374373744 (hdbk.) 9780374373740 (hdbk.) 0140318909 (pbk.) 0141303050 (pbk.) 9780142413814 (pbk.) 9780613639224 (Turtleback bdg.)
84048462
Dahl, Roald--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Authors, English.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.