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Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Puffin Books, 2009Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780142413814
  • 014241381x
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC DAH
Contents:
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
Summary: Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Fiction MVS Library Main room-back corner M- Biography (Juvenile) BIO DAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available donation 4007387

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

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