Roald Dahl day in Deptford Library

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Today, the 13th of September is Roald Dahl Day. On this day, Roald Dahl's birthday is celebrated by many throughout the world.
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was one of the world’s most imaginative, successful and loved storytellers.


He is best known for his children's stories many of which have been made into films.

You can find out more about his life by reading his biography in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which is free with your library card.


In the Library @Deptford Lounge we hosted an event for children to celebrate it.


There was a Treasure Hunt and Craft activities followed by a film screening of Matilda.

Over 50 children and their parents attended.


They decorated Will Wonka hats and bowties.
For the treasure hunt, children had to find 11 pictures cunningly hidden around the library.

Once they had found the photo they completed the title of a Roald Dahl book.


There were many children rushing about keen to be the first to finish the Treasure Hunt and collect their prize. There were even a few adults too!





To collect the prize, the children had to answer one last, fiendishly difficult question.

What were the things you could find in Mr Twits beard?


The answers we received were worms, fish bones, birds, cornflakes, dust and spaghetti.


The children then settled in to watch a screening of Matilda, a film based on one of Roald Dahl's books.




Here is a list of all his books, most of which you can find in our libraries! Rember we have many of these in our eBook collections as well.







Children's Books


  1. The Gremlins (1943)
  2. Some Time Never (1948)
  3. James and the Giant Peach (1961)
  4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
  5. The Magic Finger (1966)
  6. Fantastic Mr Fox (1968)
  7. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
  8. Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
  9. The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
  10. My Uncle Oswald (1979)
  11. The Twits (1980)
  12. George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
  13.  Revolting Rhymes (1982)
  14. The BFG (1982)
  15. Dirty Beasts (1983)
  16. The Witches (1983)
  17. Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories (1983)
  18. Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
  19. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
  20. Two Fables (1985)
  21. Going Solo (1986)
  22. Matilda (1988)
  23. Rhyme Stew (1989)
  24. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989)
  25. Esio Trot (1990)
  26. The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
  27. The Minpins (1991)
  28. Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
  29. My Year (1991)








Horror and Gothic Fiction
  1. Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946 )
  2. Someone Like You ( 1953)
  3. Kiss Kiss (1960)
  4. Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969)
  5.  Switch Bitch (1974 )
  6. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977 )
  7. The Best of Roald Dahl (1978 ) 
  8. Tales of the Unexpected (1979 )
  9. More Tales of the Unexpected (1980)
  10. A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories (1980) 
  11. Two Fables (1986 )
  12. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989)  
  13. The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997 )








An Article from the Times Digital Archive
Play scripts and film screenplays



1. The Honeys (stage play, 1955)
2. You Only Live Twice (film screenplay, 1967)
3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (co-wrote film screenplay, 1968)
4. The Night Digger (film screenplay, 1971)
5. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (co-wrote film screenplay, 1971)









Anthologies and collections co-written by Roald Dahl or inspired by his writings



1. The Roald Dahl Cookbook (1991)
2. Revolting Recipes (1994)
3. The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
4. Even More Revolting Recipes (2001)
5. Songs and Verse (2005)
6. More About Boy (2008)
7. Completely Revolting Recipes (2009)















Further Information

Dahl's Advice to Budding Writers

Want to write like Dahl? Get some advice from the man himself!


Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

You can find out about Roald Dahl’s real-life experiences and how they found their way into his stories at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire (the author’s home village). There are three fun and fact-packed galleries, with lots to make, do and see (including Roald Dahl’s writing hut). Aimed at 6-12 year-olds, the Museum is open to the public and to school groups throughout the year.






House of Illustration

House of Illustration was founded by Sir Quentin Blake and is the UK’s only public gallery dedicated solely to illustration and graphic art.
  Our exhibition programme explores historic and contemporary illustration and the work of both defining and emerging illustrators, amplified by a pioneering learning programme and a vibrant programme of talks and events.
House of Illustration is the only UK gallery commissioning illustration for public display and runs the UK’s only residency for illustrators and graphic artists.






Find out more about the illustrator of many of Roald Dahl's children's books. They worked together for 13 years.


The Lewisham Book Award

A local annual book prize to champion and promote great reads for young people in the secondary Schools of Lewisham.

Location: Deptford, London SE8 3HR, UK

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