Boy : tales of childhood
(2009, original release: 1984)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/BIOGRAPHY/823.914/DAHL,R

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies J/BIOGRAPHY/823.914/DAHL,R Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Puffin Books, 2009
DESCRIPTION

176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781451726183, 145172618X :, 9780142413814, 014241381X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Reprint. Originally published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984

Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school

1020L

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