Boy: Tales of Childhood

This book was interesting and healed my attention quite well. it is not the most interesting book ever, but it was very funny. The great mouse plot was very funny and he was quite a trouble maker. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like a funny, easy read.

I found this book really interesting. Because Roald Dahl is an actual author, he knows how to write, and so that makes the book really good. I still haven't finished, but I will soon! There wasn't anything I disliked. I think I found out where he got the idea for the Twits from...the old lady in the lolly shop! I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys Roald Dahl's Books :D Five stars

Roald went to a Welsh school for kindergarten. The teacher beat him with a cane. His mother then sent him to different English schools thinking they were the best schools in the world. But sadly, in every school he went to he was beaten with a cane either by teachers, headmasters, or boys with the title Boazer(Prefect). When Roald was a teen he was a star athlete. That usually would have made him a Boazer. But the administrators would not make him a Boazer since they knew he would not use a cane to beat younger boys. I think this was a horrible way of life in the schools back in the 1920s and 1930s. It was widespread. Many of the teachers and staff were cruel. Sometimes innocent boys were accused of things just to be able to punish them. To be caned, the boy had to pull his pants down. One Boazer was admired for his caning ability. He would hit the boy in the same spot repeatedly and often draw blood. The victim was required to stand with his pants down for several minutes while other boys would closely examine the caning bruises in minute detail. Of course his privates were also on display for all to examine.

There were other stories that were interesting and did not make me as mad as the above.

This is nonfiction - 25 short essays about events in the author’s life from age 6 to age 20.

DATA:
Narrative mode: 1st person. Story length: 172 pages. Swearing language: none. Sexual content: none. Setting: mostly 1920s and 1930s Wales & England. Copyright: 1984. Genre: aubiography, memoirs.

Roald Dahl is an awesome author as an adult story teller as much as he was as a children's author. I was pleased to see he can easily cross between the two and do well as both. The story is very diverse in being serious and laugh-out-loud funny.

My 6th graders enjoyed reading this novel as a class. We enjoyed the entertaining stories, got lots of laughs, and had great discussions based on the conflicts and issues raised. I'll be teaching this again next year!

Excellent life story, adventure. Bought because of its aviation aspect and personal Greek attraction with the Battle of Athens during the last war. Having served on 84 Sqn RAF in Cyprus it was really interesting to review first hand flying activities during these times of conflict. A really nice short story.

This hardcover book arrived in outstanding condition.I am familiar with the author whose work is always informative and entertaining. Thank God for books--It separates us from the apes. God help us if apes ever learn to read!!!