Much more fun than the Harry Potter books quiz since these books don't suck. Disappointingly, I did much better on the Harry Potter one.. :( I can't believe I missed Matilda.. probably my 2nd favorite Dahl book... but more disappointing still is the failure to include Boy, which was my favorite. Maybe it doesn't count as a "children's story," but I read it as a child and loved it.
huh? this was the first definition I found online: "an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment." ... how is Boy not a story?
I would think of an autobiography more as a collection of stories. And it isn't fiction, though some aspects are probably fictionalised. It also isn't a novel. But I suppose you could argue it was a story.
I guesses so many books by Roald Dahl that weren't on this quiz and then I ran out of time before I could guess them all. Books like The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Hitchhiker
You should accept the Giant Peach for James and the Giant Peach. I would've gotten 100% if it weren't for that book! But good quiz, even though I guess Boy wasn't included.
If the quiz title was Roald Dahl Children's Stories, that would reduce the number of comments asking for Boy and Going Solo to be included. Given the current title, I agree that Boy and Going Solo (autobiographical) should be on the list, as well as Revolting Rhymes (poems).
1977 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Others
1982 - Revolting Recipes
1983 - DIrty Beasts
1986 - The Sleekit Mr. Tod
1988 - The Great Mouse Plot
1989 - Rhyme Stew
2001 - Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (this is admittedly on the borderline as to whether it is a children's book or not - but it is generally found in children's departments at libraries and in book stores)
....and it is actually called Billy & The Minipins.
My mother worked in the children's department at the local library for a long while so I can remember the book covers.
The title + desecription together say it has to be a book that's a story, so if you go by that it discounts Henry Sugar (not one story), Revolting Recipes, and the Guide to Railway Safety (not stories). The caveat says no poetry which gets rid of Dirty Beasts and Rhyme Stew. It seems weird to include a translation (Sleekit Mr. Tod) as a separate book, maybe it should be a type-in. Which just leaves The Great Mouse Plot, which I hadn't heard of, but nothing says it can't be one short story so should either be included or caveated. (And a caveat to exclude collections wouldn't hurt for Henry Sugar)
P.S. Wiki says only the 2017 edition was renamed to Billy and the Minpins
If you have not read the minpins I HIGHLY recommend. I remember my teacher in primary school reading it to me about 13 years ago, very haunting but fun and a totally different art style from Quentin Blake too!
I think I must have the best grandmother in the world - she bought me all of Roald Dahl's books for my 10th birthday. Henry Sugar was the best one, in my opinion.
The Minpins
The Gremlins
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
1982 - Revolting Recipes
1983 - DIrty Beasts
1986 - The Sleekit Mr. Tod
1988 - The Great Mouse Plot
1989 - Rhyme Stew
2001 - Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (this is admittedly on the borderline as to whether it is a children's book or not - but it is generally found in children's departments at libraries and in book stores)
....and it is actually called Billy & The Minipins.
My mother worked in the children's department at the local library for a long while so I can remember the book covers.
I know it wasn't finished but it is still a children's book that he wrote
P.S. Wiki says only the 2017 edition was renamed to Billy and the Minpins