Roald Dahl How to Be a Writer

Splendiferous Stories

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

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Puffin
08 July 2025

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Educational: Languages other than English

Series: How to be a Writer

Develop creative writing skills with inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl.

Who can be a writer? You can! Start the story machine, choose your heroes and villains, and you're off - from brilliant beginnings and magnificent middles to excellent endings!

These fun activities and writing prompts will help to expand vocabulary and language skills. Find out how to set the scene, give your characters a voice, and guide them through the action. Top it off with a tremendous title, and by the end of this book you'll have written your very own splendiferous story.

By: Roald Dahl
Illustrated by: Quentin Blake
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 202mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 496g
ISBN: 9780241610800
ISBN 10: 024161080X
Series: How to be a Writer
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , General/trade , English as a second language , Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Roald Dahl (Author) Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.