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Children across the globe celebrated World Book Day today, with our young Black Country readers really letting their creativity fly.

This leather sandal, of traditional Norwegian design, was owned and worn by the famous children's author Roald Dahl. It played an important role in the way his book The BFG was illustrated.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that it will be adapting Roald Dahl's children novel The BFG for the stage. Working alongside Chichester Festival Theatre and the Roald Dahl Story ...

This leather sandal, of traditional Norwegian design, was owned and worn by the famous children's author Roald Dahl. It played an important role in the way his book The BFG was illustrated.

Another important character in the book is the Queen who helps the BFG and Sophie save the children. Based on Queen Elizabeth II, Evans said that as adults will have grown up with her as their ...