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A complete lesson plan by Teacher Created Resources. For Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.

Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books ever, both in terms of copies sold and money made. Ten months before his death, the five top-selling children's books in Britain were ones he had written. In 1989 more than 2,300,000 c...

Roald Dahl began his career as a short-story writer after suffering through the horrors of severe canings and other punishments in oppressive British schools during the 1920s and 1930s and after enduring the horrors of military service as a Royal Air For...

Roald Dahl was flying over the African desert for the Royal Air Force during World War II when he was forced to make an emergency landing. He wrote in his first short story, "A Piece of Cake," "I remember the dipping of the nose of the aircraft and I rem...

1. Use Hollywood to inspire your child to read. Take advantage of movies and DVDs that are based on books appropriate for your child's age. The big screen version of Carl Hiaasen's first novel for young readers, Hoot, might appeal to your middle-school child and...

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, from a screenplay by John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl, left me completely stupefied. Granted, this movie was never intended for a cranky, childless, curmudgeonly moviegoer like me. Still, I wonder if even children will...

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, from a screenplay by John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl, left me completely stupefied. Granted, this movie was never intended for a cranky, childless, curmudgeonly moviegoer like me. Still, I wonder if even children will...

David Tang is famous for founding the Shanghai Tang label that put Mandarin-collared shirts, cheongsam dresses and other Chinese-style fashion on boutique shelves from New York to Paris.But one of his big regrets, he says, is that the clothes aren't more popular in China.The 52-year-old...

When viewing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, keep in mind that it is still a children's film and parents should not be afraid to take their children to see it. However, Burton's adaptation of Dahl's already dark and discomforting novel is not sugar-coated with warm, sunny settings and friendly, likeable characters.