Boy: Tales of Childhood

This reissue includes 30 delightful new line drawings by the inimitable Quentin Blake.

Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to Roald Dahl, which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them. Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things some funny, some frightening, all true.

Roald Dahl, the best loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and worldwide sales are over 100 million!

Quentin Blake is one of the best known and best loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.