 Roald Dahl Day 13 September 2009
Roald Dahl websites to explore and places to visit
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www.roalddahl.com has all the information you will ever need about Roald Dahl
www.roalddahlmuseum.org Visit the Roald Dahl museum and Story centre in Great Missenden
www.roalddahlprize.org take a look at some more funny books.
www.richmix.org will be showing a special screening of Charlie and the Chocolate factory on Sat 12th and Sun 13th September take a look at the Kids Cine time.
Look out for the new Fantastic Mr Fox film which will be in cinemas from October 23rd |
Wormy Spaghetti The Twits by Roald Dahl
"The next day, to pay Mr Twit back for the frog trick, Mrs Twit sneaked out into the garden and dug up some worms. She chose the big long ones and put them in a tin
and carried the tin back to the house under her apron.
At one o' clock, she cooked spaghetti for lunch and she mixed the worms in with the spaghetti, but only on her husband's plate. The worms didn't show because
everything was covered with tomato sauce and sprinkled with cheese"
Yuck!
Have you ever played a trick on a friend or someone in your family? Maybe it was an April fool's Day joke? What did you do? What was their reaction?
If you haven't, imagine what kind of trick you would like to play, or draw a picture to show your trick.
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 Revolting Rhymes & Recipes Competition
Win tickets to see the new Disney movie 'Fantastic Mr Fox'
Write your own 'Revolting Rhyme'
Have you read George's Marvellous Medicine?
You can have lots of fun making up scrumdiddlyumptious recipes. But remember recipes such as the one George makes for his grandma are only PRETEND!
What might you put in a nasty mixture?
Write your list as a rhyme or you may like to draw your ideas.
Revolting Recipes
Unlike George's medicine, the recipes in Revolting Recipes actually can be made and eaten. Snozzcumbers sound particularly tempting. Perhaps you could make one with your mum or dad at home.
Write a menu with all the different awful recipes, do a restaurant
review of the finished 'dishes' or just write up the original recipe ideas as a poster.
WARNING:
Just remember to take care that nothing nasty gets eaten!
The competition closing date is 30 September.
and include your name, age and library card number. |
Brain Food 
Fun Facts!
Rold Dahl was fascinated by facts - and he loved collecting them. Here are three amazing true facts that you may not know.
1. Saffron is the world's most expensive food when sold by weight. It's made from the stigmas of pink crocus.
2. Some of the greatest chocolate bars in the world were invented between
1930 and 1937. Aero, Crunchie, Maltesers, Mars bars and Smarties all date
back to this time.
3. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven created some of his best work when he
was deaf. Beethoven was Roald Dahl's favourite composer.
Finding Facts
Did you know that the Idea Store team help you find the information you need to complete your homework.
There are Homework Clubs at Idea Stores Bow, Canary Wharf and Whitechapel and Bethnal Green Library.
Just click on a subject and discover links to great websites.
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School Day Disasters!
Imagine that you go to Matilda's school. As Miss Honey is unwell, the wicked headmistress Miss Trunchball will be your teacher for the day. You have a feeling that this may turn out to be your worst day at school ever...
with the subject line 'School Day Disaster' and your name, age and library card number. The competition closing date is 30 September.
Win a great prize, and the best stories will be posted on our website. |
 Our Favourite Roald Dahl Books
Razia from Idea Store Bow champions 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
Maddy from Idea Store Whitechapel thinks 'Matilda' is marvellous
Enam from Idea Store Chrisp Street gets blown away by 'The BFG'
Irene from Idea Store Canary Wharf thinks 'The Twits' are tremendous
Sean and Terry from Idea Store Mobile get worried when reading 'The Witches'
But have you read 'Boy: Tales of Childhood' This book is all about Roald Dahl's childhood so if you are a big fan look out for this book too.
If you like reading Roald Dahl I am sure you will enjoy both of these books from the Tower Hamlets Book award.
The Barbarous Brigands of Frostbite pass by Charlie Small
Prepare to be utterly amazed by the latest instalment of Charlie Small's incredible yet 100 per cent true adventures. At the end of his fifth journal, Charlie Small rocketed out of the strange and dark Underworld and over desert sands and a snowy white mountain range. With a table cloth over his head and a cushion strapped round his bottom, Charlie parachuted right into the middle of a small, swampy island. Clutching a mainly blank map that's supposed to help him find the infamous Jakeman, he sets off for the next island, only to find himself face to face with a slimy, stinking, roaring swamp monster ...Will Charlie manage to slip through its gloopy claws? Can he figure out Jakeman's map and finally find out how to get home? And what are these rumours we've heard of a terrible tribe of weird warriors and a mysterious hairy traveller from the North? Only by reading Charlie's sixth journal will you find out ...
Rodrick Rules: Diaty of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything - someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private - his big brother, Rodrick. How can Greg make it through this new school year with his cool(ish) reputation intact? |
