Brief PPT about Roald Dhal and some of his stories

1. Roald
Dhal 1916 –
1990
Famous British
Author and Poet

2. * He became famous in the 1940s with both children and adult books.
He became one of the world's best-selling authors.
* Known as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th
century".
* He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983,
and Children's Author of the Year from the British Book Awards in
1990.
* In 2008 he was voted 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British
writers since 1945".

3. * His short stories are known for their
unexpected endings and often dark humour.
* His works include:
• James and the Giant Peach,
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
• Matilda,
• The Witches,
• The Twits,
• George's Marvellous Medicine and
• The BFG.

4. James and the Giant Peach 1961
* James and the Giant Peach was the first of Roald Dahl's well-known
children's stories.
* The story of James Henry Trotter, his horrible aunts and how some
magic beans, a peach and some insects all change his life.

6. * Think of someone
who is horrible and
describe them using
an animal, object or
vegetable.

7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1964
* A poor boy named Charlie Bucket
always helps his family because
his grandma is sick and his
parents must work. One day his
grandpa gives him a coin to buy
some chocolate because he is so
proud of Charlie. In this chocolate
there is a gold ticket, which
means he has won a visit to the
local and mysterious chocolate
factory.

8. When Charlie arrives at the factory
with the other winners, they soon
learn it is a magical and wonderful
place.
The owner, Willy Wonker, shows them
around but warns them not to touch
or eat anything. All of the children
disobey this but Charlie is the only
one who finishes the tour of the
factory.

10. Match the sweets to the
descriptions:

12. Matilda 1988
•One of Roald Dahl's best-known
stories.
•It won the ‘Children’s Book of the
Year’ award soon after it was
published.
•The story of a little girl with a big brain
and strange magical powers. Her
parents are unkind and she is adopted
by her kind teacher Miss Honey. She
also seeks revenge on her horrible
Headmistress Miss Trunchbull.

13. Quotes:

14. The BFG 1989
* A little girl named Sophie,
(named after Roal Dhal’s
granddaughter) sees
a giant blowing
something into the
bedroom windows down
the street. The giant
notices her, reaches
through the window, and
carries her to his home in
Giant Country…

15. * He tells her that he is the
world's only friendly giant,
(BFG), who can hear dreams
and catches them to later
blow them in to the bedrooms
of children using his trumpet.
* When he catches a nightmare,
he destroys it, or blows in on
the other giants who are evil
and eat “human beans” -
especially children!

16. Evil giants
The Fleshlumpeater
The Bonecruncher
The Manhugger
The Childchewer
The Meatdripper
The Gizzardgulper
The Maidmasher
The Bloodbottler
The Butcher Boy

17. * Because the BFG refuses to eat children he must eat a foul-tasting
vegetable known as a snozzcumber.
* He also must drink an unusual drink called frobscottle, which
cause the drinker to break wind (fart) instead of burp; Roald
Dhal calls this Whizzpopping.