Boy :
Dahl, Roald
Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl - New York : Puffin Books, 2009 - 176 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Reprint. Originally published : Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984
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
9780142413814 (pbk.) 014241381x (pbk.)
FIC DAH
Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl - New York : Puffin Books, 2009 - 176 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Reprint. Originally published : Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984
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
9780142413814 (pbk.) 014241381x (pbk.)
FIC DAH