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Pros
Roald dahl is the greatest children's author that ever lived, and even for adults he is in my top 5. Some of the stories are actually true, and the book also includes the story of how dahl became a writer. Henry sugar is my favorite roald dahl story, ... Read More
Each story is about the length of a television episode, which makes it perfect for listening to when commuting. It slowly and patiently builds up a great story with suspense and fascination. My daughters love the stories and beg me to read another cha... Read More
My blog is at novareviews. Read it. And most of all, for reminding us that there's goodness in each and everyone of us. However, the rest of the stories are sheer genius.
One of my favorite stories is definitely the hitchhiker. The boy who talked with animals is the story of. The hitchhiker, a man who can see with his eyes closed, and a luck plowman.
Cons
There were marks all over the spine and edges of the cover where the glossy coating had been nicked and bumped away to exposed the white core. His accents are dreadful and frequently slip. He also sometimes allows his accent from one character to blee... Read More
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Quality
34the wonderful story of henry sugar34 is probably the most meaningful of the stories with the most powerful lesson
This book is great and deeply interesting
He was almost happy with this but along with that emotion came a realization he wasnt fully happy and he was disgusted with the... Read More
Competitiveness
My daughter loves reading and taught herself to read at 3years old
I came to this after being disappointed by best short stories of 2018
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great, wonderful, short, old and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 1,215 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 15 2023.
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The short memoir dahl wrote was forwarded by forester to his editor and was dahl’s first publication
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That story is included as the last selection
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Wow definitely not a children’s book
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Excellent stories but too dark and inappropriate for young children
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Unfortunately once we started listening to the swan my kids and i were both horrified and fascinated so we had to listen until the end which did not offer much closure
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I definitely dont recommend this for younger children but older ones might enjoy it
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Given when it was written its more suitable for adults
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A playboy who has security and leisure is bored and discontent
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