The Official Roald Dahl Website

More ways to use Roald Dahl into the classroom

Stories

From children's books to adult short stories and film scripts, explore Roald Dahl's work with your class

Test their knowledge

Check that your miserable maggots have been listening with our classroom quizzes.

Timeline

Learn about Roald Dahl's life and the inspiration behind some of his most famous stories and characters

Roald Dahl Storytellers

Bring in one of splendiferous storytellers to entertain and educate your class.

Oxford University Press

Ever wondered where the wondercrump words of Roald Dahl came from?

Explore the marvellous world of Dahl's language with these books from Oxford University Press or click on the links below to discover a range of language activities for your classroom.

Meet the characters

Matilda Wormwood

Matilda Wormwood is brave, tiny, and had read every children's book in the library by the age of four.

Matilda Wormwood

Willy Wonka

Mr Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker the world has ever seen.

Willy Wonka

The BFG

The Big Friendly Giant catches dreams and saves them up in jars to share the best ones with sleeping children.

The BFG

Veruca Salt

One of Wonka's golden ticket winners, Veruca Salt is a little girl whose parents give her anything she wants.

Veruca Salt

The Trunchbull

The Trunchbull is the horrid headmistress of Crunchem Hall, and is certainly not afraid of going the whole hog.

The Trunchbull

Mr Fox

Mr Fox is very, very clever - far too clever for the three nasty local farmers, Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

Mr Fox

Sophie

Sophie is snatched from her bedroom window one night, and makes a very large new friend.

Sophie

James Henry Trotter

James Henry Trotter lives with his horrible aunts, until something rather peculiar happens to him.

Henry James Trotter

Charlie Bucket

Charlie Bucket dreams of eating chocolate, but he would be happy with anything that isn't cabbage.

Charlie Bucket

Visit the Museum and Story Centre

A school trip to our great little Museum in Buckinghamshire is perfect for supporting your pupils’ literacy learning. With one of the most complete literary archives, the Museum is the perfect place to see the writing process in action by one of its masters. Pupils will discover how they can use the same techniques themselves and find out more about Roald Dahl’s life while exploring our fun, interactive galleries in one of our facilitated sessions.

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More ways to use Roald Dahl into the classroom

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