Video: James and the Giant…Cherry?
A few of the things I learned while watching this Today Show video featuring Roald Dahl’s daughter Lucy:
- Which of Dahl’s books he himself fancied the most (any guesses?)
- How Dahl made use of a captive focus group.
- How Dahl made one of his books come to life for his kids (until he fell off a ladder).
- Dahl loved throwing some money down at the racetrack.
Time to get watchin’
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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