Danny il campione del mondo

Oddly to some, this still stands as my favorite Roald Dahl book. It's hard for me to pinpoint why, since it's my opinion and I hate examining my opinions too closely, but to take a swing at it: It's one of the least zany of Dahl's books, which ultimately gives it staying power. With many of his other Leggi tutto

How well do you know your parents? Nine-year-old Danny always lived with just his dad in their cozy gypsy caravan. He thought he knew everything about his father, until one day he wakes up in the middle of the night to find out that his father missing. His father - his honorable, wonderful and loving Leggi tutto

ENGLISH ( Danny the Champion of the World ) / ITALIANO «When I was four months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself. This is how I looked at the time. I had no brothers or sisters. So all through my boyhood, fromthe age of four months onward, there were ju Leggi tutto

A re-read with Neo over the last while. I wanted to share my original review, altered with some of Neo’s sentiments in the latter part. Dahl continues with his wonderful children's stories, telling one that has a realistic flavour to it, sure to appeal to the masses. After the death of his mother as Leggi tutto

"Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death, they wouldn't be exciting, if they didn't." Similar to the other Roald Dahl`s books that I have read, Danny the Champion of the World is simple, interesting and engaging. The storyline is about the relationship between Danny an Leggi tutto

I think this is my favorite Roald Dahl book. I've reread it at least a dozen times since I was a child, and it's just marvelous. I love the bond the father has with his son, I love the drawings, I love the coziness of the caravan, and I love the great poaching adventure that the father and son embar Leggi tutto

I am currently trying to read all of Roald Dahl's books this year. I want to start off letting you know where I stand. This book did not impress me. After reading sooo many of Roald Dahl's books this year, this book was a let down. There wasn't a lot to the plot and it became very boring at moments. Leggi tutto

"Danny the Champion of the World", like most of Roald's work, can be seen in two different ways. Danny, 10 years old, lives with his father in gypsy caravan behind a filling station in rural England. His father is a mechanic and teaches Danny very early how to rebuild engines and be a brilliant mech Leggi tutto

Simply brilliant. Read this at school back in the 1980's. What a wonderful mind Ronald Dahl had. I remember how I envied Danny when he got to drive the vehicle. This was adapted into a film with Jeremy Irons I think. Film was good too🐯👍.

Danny: The Champion of the World, Roald Dahl Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children's book by Roald Dahl. The plot centres on Danny, a young English boy, and his father, William, who live in a Gypsy caravan fixing cars for a living and partake in poaching pheasants. It was first publish Leggi tutto