Roald Dahl's Adult Stories

I LOVE the adult stories of Roald Dahl!!!  It wasn't until a few short years ago that I even knew that he had written adult stories of any kind.  I'd always known him to be the author of many of my favorite children's books, my favorite being THE BFG!  I don't even remember what I was doing that I came across this information, but out of the blue, I learned that September 13 is Roald Dahl Day!  Dahl's birthday.  Since my birthday is September 14, that's close enough for me to feel a deeper connection with one of my favorite authors than I had previously!  So in honor of Roald Dahl Day, once I'd learned that there was such a thing, I wanted to celebrate in some way in my classes.  I did a quick internet search to see if he had any short stories I could read in class and lo and behold, there were his adult short stories!!!  The one I read in class that year was "The Landlady."  Who knew Dahl had such a twisted sense of humor in the adult world?!  We all knew how amazing his children's literature is, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that his adult literature was just as amazing and twisted!  So reading a whole book of his short stories, THE GREAT AUTOMATIC GRAMMATIZATOR AND OTHER STORIES, was pure joy for me.  I can't wait for Roald Dahl Day September 15, 2015 when I'll read another of Dahl's adult short stories to my students!!!

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