Posted on Saturday, 28 January 2012

amandaonwriting:

Roald Dahl - 5 facts you probably didn’t know

1. Dahl wrote 17 children’s books.
2. Seven of his children’s book have been adapted into films.
3. Since his death in 1990, more than 37 million copies of his books have sold in the UK alone - more than one million a year. 
4. Dahl served in the Second World War as an RAF fighter pilot.
5. He also wrote the screenplays for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Bond movie You Only Live Twice.

From: dailymail.co.uk

Roald Dahl’s best-loved novels have been celebrated with new set of stamps. See below.

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    OH MY GOD I WANT THESE! I LOVED THESE BOOKS AS A KID!
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    Ooohh!! Can someone from the UK PLEASE send us some letters!!
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    What is this? What is this??? I want these stamps blown up and hanging on my wall. Quentin Blake is da bomb.
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