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April 26th 1990
by Collins
(first published 1975)
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0411380680
(isbn13: 9780411380687)
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: "My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had". Danny feels very lucky. He adores …more
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Oddly to some, this still stands as my favorite Roald Dahl book. It's hard for me to pinpoint why, since it's my opinion and I hate examining my opinions too closely, but to take a swing at it:
It's one of the least zany of Dahl's books, which ultimately gives it staying power. With many of his other works, you get caught up in the wacky characters, situations, and goings ons and it's hard to take them as seriously once you get a little bit older and gain a little bit of sophistication. How...more
It's one of the least zany of Dahl's books, which ultimately gives it staying power. With many of his other works, you get caught up in the wacky characters, situations, and goings ons and it's hard to take them as seriously once you get a little bit older and gain a little bit of sophistication. How...more
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Read in September, 2006
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My God! this was what i said to myself; this man teaching his son who to steal from others? but then, some more pages . . . hummm . . . and some more pages . . . My God! this book is lovely, this is what all parents must to read, they do not know how react towards thier childeren, and this book teach them how . . . i love it . . .
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Read in December, 2009
Saya suka pada ketabahan ayah Danny membesarkan putranya seorang diri.
Saya suka pada cinta Danny dan ayahnya.
Saya suka pada gambaran bahwa mereka bukan keluarga sempurna.
Dan setiap orang boleh untuk tidak suka pada suatu hal.
Saya tidak keberatan semua orang di kota Danny tidak suka pada Mr Hazell, si kaya yang sombong.
Yang saya tidak suka adalah gambaran bahwa orang2 di kota itu menganggap sah untuk mencuri burung2 pegar yang dipelihara di hutan Hazell, ...more
Saya suka pada cinta Danny dan ayahnya.
Saya suka pada gambaran bahwa mereka bukan keluarga sempurna.
Dan setiap orang boleh untuk tidak suka pada suatu hal.
Saya tidak keberatan semua orang di kota Danny tidak suka pada Mr Hazell, si kaya yang sombong.
Yang saya tidak suka adalah gambaran bahwa orang2 di kota itu menganggap sah untuk mencuri burung2 pegar yang dipelihara di hutan Hazell, ...more
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Read in January, 1993
The movie with Jeremy Irons, his wife, Sinead Cusack, his son and his father-in-law is just as good as the book! Great for all ages.
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Read in November, 2004
YA. I got this book as a reward for participating in my library's summer reading program back when I was still short enough to read for cash and prizes. Ironically enough, I never read it. Sab instructed me to do so, and I finally dug it out and gave it a go.
This is a book about Danny and the very best father a boy could ever want. There's something a tad creepy about a boy who idolizes his father this much, but I'm not a boy living alone with his father in the English countryside i...more
This is a book about Danny and the very best father a boy could ever want. There's something a tad creepy about a boy who idolizes his father this much, but I'm not a boy living alone with his father in the English countryside i...more
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Read in January, 1985
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In either year 2 or 3 (actually I think it happened both years) my class had a substitute teacher at the end of the year. She was amazing and I adored her. She would always read us stories which of course I loved. As well as this book she also read us Roald Dahls The Witches and The BFG.
Anyways I was totally enthralled with this story and the day she finished it I went home and was RAVING about it and either my brother or mother told me we had a copy of it somewhere that belonged to ...more
Anyways I was totally enthralled with this story and the day she finished it I went home and was RAVING about it and either my brother or mother told me we had a copy of it somewhere that belonged to ...more
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Read in January, 1986
My personal favorite RD book. I wanted to live in a cozy gypsy caravan like Danny.
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In Wyoming where I grew up, poaching was one of the worst crimes. So when our teacher had us read a book about a young boy and his father who make a habit of it...well I was a little shocked. I was more shocked though at how much I liked Danny and his father.
Danny is such a brave, ingenious, and warm figure, you can't help but cheer for him. He certainly my most favorite child character in any of Roald Dahl's books.
Danny is such a brave, ingenious, and warm figure, you can't help but cheer for him. He certainly my most favorite child character in any of Roald Dahl's books.
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Read in December, 2009
Danny is a kid who lives in an old caravan with his dad and helps out at his father's mechanic station here and there. They have a great relationship, which is probably my favorite thing about this book, and Danny would rather spend time with his dad than anyone else in the world. One day, Danny discovers his father's deep, dark secret, and the next thing you know, they're off together, hatching a plan to get back at the mean and stingy Mr. Hazell, who has a number of pheasants on his land (I ...more
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A bit far-fetched. I'd passed by this book many times before and it never caught my interest on account of it being long and the title not being more discriptive. You could be the champion of the world through many things; doing something exceedingly difficult or impossible, inventing something that could cure world hunger, or something else equally huge. Drugging two hundred pheasants is not exactly what I had in mind. All that crap Danny's father talks about poaching being an art. Who in their...more
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I read this chapter book to my son recently, and he liked it a lot. It was actually my copy from when I was young; I loved most of the Roald Dahl books, but don't now remember actually having read this one. With my son, I'd already read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. I am waiting a bit for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. This book is not as fantastical as these other titles—everything that happens is solidly within the realm of the plausib...more
I read this chapter book to my son recently, and he liked it a lot. It was actually my copy from when I was young; I loved most of the Roald Dahl books, but don't now remember actually having read this one. With my son, I'd already read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. I am waiting a bit for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. This book is not as fantastical as these other titles—everything that happens is solidly within the realm of the plausib...more
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An almost surprisingly cheerful outing with a moral that you must suspect was dear to Dahl's heart. It would be nice to think that there are a few "sparkier" parents thanks to this book. (Everyone who was ever a child must long for moments like the one when Danny's father almost blows the whole adventure because of Danny's mistreatment at school, and every former little boy must be jealous of adventures like the one with the fire balloon.)
That said, the work still contains ...more
That said, the work still contains ...more
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Read in August, 2009
When you grow up
And have children of your own
Do please remember
Something important
A stodgy parent is no fun at all
What a child wants
And deserves
Is a parent who is
SPARKY
…and with that li’l post-script, Roald Dahl sums up the essence of ‘Danny the Champion of the World'.
Danny is a small boy, living with his father in an ancient gipsy caravan. They run a filling-station and lead an idyllic life in the ...more
And have children of your own
Do please remember
Something important
A stodgy parent is no fun at all
What a child wants
And deserves
Is a parent who is
SPARKY
…and with that li’l post-script, Roald Dahl sums up the essence of ‘Danny the Champion of the World'.
Danny is a small boy, living with his father in an ancient gipsy caravan. They run a filling-station and lead an idyllic life in the ...more
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Read in December, 2008
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fathers and sons
This was my third time reading this. The first was when my 1st grade teacher read it to our class. The second time was to my daughters, and now I just finished reading it to my boys. It is one of my favorite all time children's books, and my favorite Roald Dahl story. The boys were mezmorized by it. Granted, it involves a bit of mischief, and I wouldn't want my kids to emulate that aspect of it. What I love is the fantastic relationship Danny has with his father; and the way his father enj...more
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This is my favorite Roald Dahl book of all time. I've read and re-read 18 billion times. It is funny, however, how my reading of it changes now that I'm a parent. I sort of cringe at the thought of reading Roald Dahl out loud with my kids due to the pure evil and meanness of some of the characters. At the same time, his writing is some of the most memorable and vivid to me of things I read as a child.
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Nine-year-old Danny has the world’s most wonderful father, which is a good thing because he doesn’t have a mother. He and his father live in an old gypsy caravan outside a small town, and run a gas station. By the time he’s seven, Danny can take apart and put together a small motor, all on his own. But Danny’s real adventures start on the night he discovers his father’s deepest, darkest secret—-and decides to help out.
This is the only Roald Dahl book I really loved, mostl...more
This is the only Roald Dahl book I really loved, mostl...more
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This was my favorite Roald Dahl book as a kid, which I think is rather funny considering it's the only one that has absolutely no magic in it. But hey, it's a story about a gypsy boy who invents the best way ever to steal pheasants from rich people. How can you not love it?
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I will admit, it's been years since I've read this, before all my critical reading skills were honed and my child/adolescent literature study ensued. But my memories of this book are of relishing it.
Surprisingly ordinary as far as Roald Dahl goes. No giant peaches. No oompa loompas. Just a regular old kid living with his regular old dad working at a regular old gas station. The regularness of it is much of its charm. And you love these regular people, and want nothing more than...more
Surprisingly ordinary as far as Roald Dahl goes. No giant peaches. No oompa loompas. Just a regular old kid living with his regular old dad working at a regular old gas station. The regularness of it is much of its charm. And you love these regular people, and want nothing more than...more
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دنی چهار ماه بیشتر نداشت که مادرش را از دست داد و پدرش به تنهایی او را بزرگ کرد. دنی از آن دوران خاطره های شیرین بسیار دارد که در این کتاب آنها را تعریف می کند ، جالبترین آنها ماجرای سرگرمی عجیب و مخفیانه ای است که پدر دنی به آن عادت دارد و وقتی دنی از آن با خ...more
دنی چهار ماه بیشتر نداشت که مادرش را از دست داد و پدرش به تنهایی او را بزرگ کرد. دنی از آن دوران خاطره های شیرین بسیار دارد که در این کتاب آنها را تعریف می کند ، جالبترین آنها ماجرای سرگرمی عجیب و مخفیانه ای است که پدر دنی به آن عادت دارد و وقتی دنی از آن با خ...more
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Ok, the plot of this book is really, really bizarre. I guess today we'd call it "high concept." I mean, a widespread conspiracy to drug a giant flock of pheasants? WTF? Still, I loved it when I was a kid.
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