ChristopherW says:

Fantastic Mr Dahl is a new biography about Roald Dahl that's written especially for children by Michael Rosen, who says he's Roald Dahl's biggest fan.

This is the first biography I've ever read, and I really enjoyed it. It was very interesting to find out more about one of my favourite authors. I liked finding out how he wrote his books, and some of the tips were really interesting.

The book is illustrated by Quentin Blake, who also illustrated all of Roald Dahl's books. The book also has real photos of Roald Dahl taken during his life, some of which had never been published in a book before; they're usually kept at the Roald Dahl museum.

I haven't read anything by Michael Rosen before, but I liked his writing style. The book was in three sections: 'The Boy', 'The Man' and 'The Writer' – I really liked all of them, and I especially liked reading about his family. It was really good reading about Roald Dahl during the war, when he flew fighter planes, and also when he was a writer.

I've got lots of people wanting to read this book now that I've finished. I'm going to do a swap for a while with my Daddy for 'Boy' and 'Going Solo', Dahl's autobiographies.

5 stars!

roro_loves_books says:

This is an amazing way to find out about Roald Dahl before you can read the autobiography!

I love it because it has the tiny details about Roald Dahl's life. I found out so much about him that I did not know, including that he was a spy and he knew Walt Disney.

My best bit of the book was when he said to Michal Rosen's son that disgusting stuff could be in his father's beard!

I would recommend it to Roald Dahl lovers who want to find out more about him.

10/10 from me!

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