Only a special author can enter the imaginative realm of a child to write a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Yet this authorized biography, written by someone who knew Dahl and worked with the ...

The iconic children’s book writer Roald Dahl (1916–1990) concluded his last book, The Minpins (1991) with these poignant words: “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you ...

In ‘In Search of Lost time,’Marcel Proust warns of the futility of regretting one’s past. “We are not provided with wisdom,” he writes, “we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the ...

There is plenty of stimulation for young theatergoers in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved book. By Houman Barekat For kids who hide indoors with a pile of books until ...