https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl en-us 2017-01-18 14:05:51 UTC 2025-12-12 22:27:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147813507 While at Repton, one of the English public schools I attended, the other boys and I were taste testers for the chocolate company Cadburys. We would receive plainly packaged experimental chocolates along with sheets to record our opinions on the texture and flavor. It was from this experience that I drew my inspiration for Charlie in the Chocolate Factory and its inventing room.]]> 2017-01-18 14:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147813507 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147815283 Another one of my books, James and the Giant Peach, was made into a movie in 1996. It was an animated film starring the voice of Paul Terry as James.]]> 2017-01-18 14:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147815283 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147816474 Here is a recording of me reading a chapter in my autobiography Boy about one of my greatest accomplishments as a child, The Great Mouse Plot.
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]]> 2017-01-18 14:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147816822 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147817606 In 1971, my book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was turned into a movie starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka of Wonka Chocolates and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Buckets. It was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In 2005, another film version of my book was published called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie.]]> 2017-01-18 14:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147817606 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147817804 Also in 1996, my book Matilda was turned into a film. It starred Mara Wilson as Matilda, Embeth Davidtz as Miss Honey, and Pam Ferris as Miss Trunchbull.]]> 2017-01-18 14:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/147817804 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148263515 2017-01-20 01:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148263515 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148263684 2017-01-20 01:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148263684 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148264891 I am a popular children's author known most commonly for my books James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.]]> 2017-01-20 01:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148264891 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148265190 2017-01-20 01:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148265190 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148265990 2017-01-20 02:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148265990 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266163 2017-01-20 02:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266163 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266497 2017-01-20 02:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266497 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266669 2017-01-20 02:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266669 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266912 2017-01-20 02:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266912 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266989 2017-01-20 02:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148266989 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271589 2017-01-20 03:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271589 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271715 2017-01-20 03:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271715 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271784 2017-01-20 03:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271784 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271895 2017-01-20 03:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271895 3103831 https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271991 2017-01-20 03:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3103831/RoaldDahl/wish/148271991