TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dahl,Roald
TI  - More about Boy: Roald Dahl's tales from childhood 
SN  - 9780374350550
AV  - PR6054.A35 Z46 2009
U1  - 823/.914B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
KW  - Dahl, Roald
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Literature
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Originally published: London : Puffin Books, 2008; Starting-point -- Papa and Mama -- More about Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922/3 -- A grand time -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923/5 (age 7/9) -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- A life without sweets -- Going to Norway -- The magic island -- A visit to the doctor -- The last lap -- St. Peter's, 1925/9 (age 9-13) -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- The Maccano chariot -- Captain Hardcastle -- How I became a writer  -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929/36 (age 13/20) -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Painful punishments -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Horrid little boys and girls -- Corkers -- Fagging -- That awful cold bath -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school -- P.S -- Excerpt from Going solo -- A Dahl-tastic quiz
N2  - Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school
ER  -