To celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, we’ve been looking at the new book, The Gloriumptious Worlds of Roald Dahl, and have one copy to give away to a lucky reader too!
The Gloriumptious Worlds of Roald Dahl book is authorised by The Roald Dahl Estate and features illustrations by Quentin Blake along with back stories, fact and fun details behind Roald Dahl classics.
This is a lovely book for Roald Dahl fans all of ages, and for my kids I found it has a good mix of stories that they recognise and have already read, and other Roald Dahl books that they haven’t read yet, to give them ideas of which story they might like to choose next – as they get a taste of the characters and themes of each one.
The book is quite unusual and different from other we have, and is a good one to just pick up and browse rather than needing to read it from start to finish. It has plenty of pictures and the text is presented in interesting formats like newspaper articles, or even recipes, so it grabs kids interest and would be good for reluctant readers to dip into too – then if it inspires them to read even more Roald Dahl books it’s definitely going to be a win-win!
The Gloriumptious Worlds of Roald Dahl is the perfect keepsake for Dahl enthusiasts and new fans alike.
Priced at £16.99 the new title will be available to buy from 11th August 2016 from all good bookshops and online stores, as well as from www.carltonbooks.co.uk
SPECIAL OFFER: There’s currently 10.00 off the book on Amazon! (better than half price!)
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September 13, 2016 @ 8:48 am
It’s such a hard question, he wrote so many wonderful books, but I think my all time favourite would have to be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
September 13, 2016 @ 8:57 am
I have always loved the BFG! He is such a friendly gieant and I love the fact that he is jumbly and speaks of ‘snozcumbers!
September 13, 2016 @ 9:23 am
So many to choose from! I always liked the Witches, the movie used to scare me so much!
September 13, 2016 @ 9:26 am
Charlie and the chocolate factory is a huge favourite
September 13, 2016 @ 11:32 am
Matilda has to be my favourite
September 13, 2016 @ 11:39 am
I loved reading Witches as a child.
September 13, 2016 @ 1:26 pm
Love the BFG x
September 13, 2016 @ 2:31 pm
I love Charlie and the chocolate factory and Matilda because of the really great characters
September 13, 2016 @ 3:29 pm
The BFG was always my favourite – all those great newly made up words!
September 13, 2016 @ 3:30 pm
My favourite is The Twits
September 13, 2016 @ 4:00 pm
I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
September 13, 2016 @ 4:06 pm
My favourite is Matilda – I identify totally with her love of books!
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September 13, 2016 @ 4:10 pm
love this
September 13, 2016 @ 4:54 pm
Our favourite is Charlie and the chocolate factory such a great book
September 13, 2016 @ 4:57 pm
It has to be The Twits. The way the story was written with the illustrations from Quentin Blake just made the characters so real, and so nauseating!
September 13, 2016 @ 5:26 pm
matilda and the bfg were my favourite my kids love them too
September 13, 2016 @ 5:26 pm
Charlie and the chocolate factory always a joy to read or watch
September 13, 2016 @ 5:32 pm
I’ve always been in love with Matilda, ever since I was just a wee little one 🙂
September 13, 2016 @ 5:48 pm
LOVED Roald Dahl growing up..my fave book was The Twits…very entertaining and funny…loved his writing style
September 13, 2016 @ 6:18 pm
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
September 13, 2016 @ 6:43 pm
I like Esio Trot because it made me laugh.
September 13, 2016 @ 6:54 pm
I love Esio Trot – it is a lovely love story and a quirky one too!
September 13, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
mine has always been george’s marvellous medicine
September 13, 2016 @ 7:34 pm
My favourite book has always been The Witches!
September 13, 2016 @ 7:58 pm
The BFG !! Who doesn’t love that story ? 🙂 such a wonderful, heart-warming tale!
September 13, 2016 @ 8:05 pm
The Enormous Crocodile as it’s the first the kids and I read and enjoyed together 🙂
September 13, 2016 @ 8:08 pm
My son loves The Witches and the Twits but I have a soft spot for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I loved the sheer fantasy element of having all those sweets in one place in strange settings such as on trees, my dream!!!
September 13, 2016 @ 8:52 pm
My favourite is Fantastic Mr Fox but my boys love Charlie and the chocolate factory and are continually singing the ompa lumps song
September 13, 2016 @ 9:11 pm
Oh god soooooo many to choose from, but it would probably have to be Charlie and the chocolate factory.
September 13, 2016 @ 9:33 pm
charlie and the chocolate factory is a great story
September 14, 2016 @ 8:22 am
We love reading Matilda together xx
September 14, 2016 @ 8:50 am
we like the BFG
September 14, 2016 @ 8:59 am
My favourite is Matilda, but my son’s favourite is the BFG. It’s so hard to choose as they are all so good.
September 14, 2016 @ 9:05 am
It’s a really tough choice to choose my favourite but it’s between ‘Matilda’ & ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ My little fella loves ‘The BFG’ & ‘James and the Giant Peach’ 🙂
September 14, 2016 @ 9:41 am
I loved George’s Marvellous Medicine
September 14, 2016 @ 1:58 pm
My favourite is George’s marvellous medicine
September 14, 2016 @ 5:54 pm
as a family of 6 i have to say we have loved lots of roald dahl but as well as reading the books we have also seen lots of films the best by far is our family favourite called matilda.we watch this movie over and over for many years and still enjoy it the best
September 14, 2016 @ 6:46 pm
Too many to choose from! Matilda is a lovely story
September 14, 2016 @ 7:06 pm
I loved George’s Marvelous Medicine
September 14, 2016 @ 7:46 pm
I love Matilda because she’s an extraordinary child with an incredible talent for learning despite being hampered by uncaring parents.
September 14, 2016 @ 7:56 pm
Our famiy favourite Roald Dahl Character is Willy Wonka
September 14, 2016 @ 9:19 pm
my favourite is the Twits, always loved that story, my daughter likes Matilda.
September 14, 2016 @ 9:51 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is always a firm favourite in our family x
September 15, 2016 @ 1:11 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
September 15, 2016 @ 1:34 pm
The witches is my favourite, it had me hooked from cover to cover and lit up my imagination.
September 16, 2016 @ 7:12 am
I love Matilda and The BFG
September 16, 2016 @ 8:42 am
It would be matilda, its a brilliant story and all my children love it even with the age gaps
September 16, 2016 @ 10:50 am
The BFG! A childhood favourite of mine!
September 16, 2016 @ 11:44 am
BFG
September 16, 2016 @ 12:56 pm
I love the twits even now at 31
September 16, 2016 @ 3:55 pm
Matilda has always been my favourite 🙂
September 16, 2016 @ 5:41 pm
My 6 year old daughter and I love The BFG
September 16, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
I always loved The Witches tho it terrifed me as a child
September 17, 2016 @ 10:38 am
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
September 17, 2016 @ 10:39 am
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is my favourite and my kids. Being 5,8 and 13 this is a great book that everyone can understand and enjoy
September 17, 2016 @ 5:43 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate factory has always been my favourite Roald Dahl book!
September 17, 2016 @ 6:26 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate factory, such interesting and fun characters.
September 18, 2016 @ 9:01 am
I love The Twits.
September 18, 2016 @ 9:24 am
ive always loved Matilda
September 18, 2016 @ 9:48 am
i love maltilda but also the twits which is my sons favourite book
September 18, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory x
September 19, 2016 @ 11:57 am
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – I loved it as a child and have enjoyed sharing it with my children too.
September 19, 2016 @ 1:08 pm
I love The Twits and The BFG.
September 20, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
i love all roald dahl books, my favourite was James and the giant peach. My son loves to read them and his favourite is the twits <3
September 20, 2016 @ 3:20 pm
My son absolutely loves George’s Marvellous Medicine.
September 20, 2016 @ 7:11 pm
George’s Marvellous Medicine – a favourite in our house. A giggly sort of evilness.
September 21, 2016 @ 11:33 am
My favourite is The BFG
September 22, 2016 @ 1:40 pm
my son loves the bfg
September 23, 2016 @ 9:58 am
This is such a hard question! I loved going to get a new Roald Dahl book when I was little. I remember especially loving Matilda and The BFG and can’t wait to read them to my little boy when he’s old enough. If I had to choose I’d say Matilda was my favourite.
September 23, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
For all of us it has to be the book called The Witches. We watched the film first and then read the book which was much better.
September 23, 2016 @ 1:45 pm
I loved Rik Mayall reading George’s Marvellous Medicine on Jackanory.
September 23, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
My son loves Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we have read that book so many times. I love Matilda – heartwarming story
September 24, 2016 @ 8:32 pm
So many great Roald Dahl books, we love The Twits
September 24, 2016 @ 11:00 pm
Matilda is my favourite book by Roald Dahl.
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September 25, 2016 @ 7:17 am
I love them all! but my all time fave is the twits!
September 25, 2016 @ 8:09 pm
always has been charlie and the chocolate factory 🙂 That chocolate factory is amazing!
September 26, 2016 @ 3:14 pm
I have always loved James and the Giant Peach. I think that it was the first book that I read.
September 26, 2016 @ 6:34 pm
I have always loved Charles and the Chocolate Factory
September 27, 2016 @ 9:18 pm
I always loved the BFG and now my daughter is enjoying it too
September 28, 2016 @ 11:55 am
The Twits will always be my fav 🙂
September 28, 2016 @ 6:48 pm
Love them all but Matilda was my favourite
September 28, 2016 @ 7:57 pm
Always loved Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
September 30, 2016 @ 9:13 pm
I loved the Twits, My Mum hated it but I really liked listening to it. Such a great book
October 1, 2016 @ 1:41 pm
Grandson like Charlie and the chocolate factory, loves the film as well
October 1, 2016 @ 4:19 pm
I’ve always loved Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the chocolate factory
October 1, 2016 @ 5:35 pm
Charlie and the chocolate factory is all our faourite
October 2, 2016 @ 9:49 am
Bit of an obscure choice but mine is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (more of an adult Dahl story). He has a very intriguing and useful talent!
October 2, 2016 @ 10:35 am
I love Danny the Champion of the World
October 2, 2016 @ 6:47 pm
I love Matilda 🙂
October 2, 2016 @ 8:03 pm
George’s Marvelous Medicine.
October 2, 2016 @ 10:51 pm
Georges Marvellous Medicine
October 2, 2016 @ 11:18 pm
The Twits was my favourite and Matilda my daughter’s x
October 3, 2016 @ 4:56 am
I loved Danny the champion of the world as a kid
October 4, 2016 @ 1:44 pm
oohh l love . . . . .Matilda, re-read it many times
October 4, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
The big friendly giant
October 6, 2016 @ 9:29 am
Charlie and the chocolate factory
October 6, 2016 @ 12:54 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate factory is one of our favourites
October 6, 2016 @ 5:15 pm
James and the Giant Peach
October 9, 2016 @ 8:24 am
Charlie and the chocolate factory
October 9, 2016 @ 1:51 pm
I love Esio Trot and my daughters favourite is Matilda
October 9, 2016 @ 2:24 pm
It has to be Matilda – great storyline and characters.
October 9, 2016 @ 2:34 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 10, 2016 @ 7:07 am
I love Esio Trot – it is delightful
October 10, 2016 @ 11:20 am
Have always loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory since reading it at primary school
October 10, 2016 @ 2:21 pm
He is such a good author. My favourite is BFG, has been since I was a child xxx
October 10, 2016 @ 7:49 pm
The BFG is my favourite
October 10, 2016 @ 8:12 pm
My daughter’s favourite is BFG, my son James loves Charlie and the Chocolate factory but mine has always been The Twits
October 10, 2016 @ 8:37 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is my favourite
October 11, 2016 @ 6:24 am
James and the giant peach
October 11, 2016 @ 7:07 am
George’s Marvellous Medicine has always been my favourite 🙂 loved the concept of mixing up all those things to create a concoction!
October 11, 2016 @ 7:22 am
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is brilliant 😀
October 11, 2016 @ 7:48 am
My son love the BFG about a little girl and a gentle giant and their adventures.Looking forward to seeing the film too
October 11, 2016 @ 8:02 am
i have just finished reading the roald dahl collection to my 7yr old daughter, her favourite is georges marvellous medicine, it is supposed to be a wind down calming time before bed and she spend most of this book in hysterics!
October 11, 2016 @ 8:17 am
James & The Giant Peach
October 11, 2016 @ 8:24 am
I have always loved James and the Giant Peach. I used to think it was so magical
October 11, 2016 @ 9:39 am
We all love Charlie & the Chocolate Factory in our house x
October 11, 2016 @ 10:04 am
My favourite book was The Twits I used to laugh every time that I read it 🙂
October 11, 2016 @ 10:06 am
Oh has to be The Twits! I would love for them to make it into a film!
October 11, 2016 @ 11:02 am
I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 11, 2016 @ 1:11 pm
My favourite is Matilda 🙂
October 11, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
October 11, 2016 @ 2:18 pm
We all like Willy Wonka
October 11, 2016 @ 4:52 pm
I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but my eldest daughter absolutely loved Matilda
October 11, 2016 @ 5:58 pm
I love BFG and Matilda
October 11, 2016 @ 7:14 pm
The BFG is my fave
October 11, 2016 @ 7:22 pm
Mine is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it’s a magical book
October 11, 2016 @ 7:36 pm
Georges Marvellous Medicine – I read it again and again, and loved the descriptions of the concoctions he made!
October 11, 2016 @ 7:58 pm
The Witches! The movie is a favourite to watch at Halloween too 🙂
October 11, 2016 @ 8:08 pm
The Twits was always my favourite.
October 11, 2016 @ 8:12 pm
I love George’s Marvellous Medicine.
My daughter loves Matilda we are reading it just now at bedtime. Witches is on the list nest
October 11, 2016 @ 8:15 pm
Esio Trot was my favourite I loved those tortoises and the characters, my daughters favourite is Matilda, there all such great reads and wonderful colourful characters that let your imagination run wild with he was a genius
October 11, 2016 @ 8:53 pm
Well my great-niece’s (who I would like to win this for) favourite is Matilda and mine’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 11, 2016 @ 10:38 pm
I always loved Matilda
October 11, 2016 @ 11:17 pm
I enjoy charlie and the chocolate factory
October 11, 2016 @ 11:27 pm
The BFG
October 12, 2016 @ 4:45 am
Both our favourite is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 12, 2016 @ 9:23 am
My favourite is Matilda due to the fact she loves books
October 12, 2016 @ 12:06 pm
Matilda is mine and my daughters favourite, we watched the movie first but since that we are addicted
October 12, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
The BFG is a great book
October 12, 2016 @ 12:43 pm
Our current favourite Roald Dahl book is The Twits. My little one loves hearing all about the horrible tricks and pranks Mr and Mrs Twit play on each other.
October 12, 2016 @ 12:55 pm
The twits was always my favourite – I love the tricks they used to play on each other!
October 12, 2016 @ 4:33 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I liked the dark nature of the naughty childrens’ punishments and loved the Oompa-Loompas.
October 12, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
matilda is amazing brought my imagination to life xx
October 12, 2016 @ 5:10 pm
the twits x
October 12, 2016 @ 6:03 pm
charlie and the chocolate factory
October 12, 2016 @ 7:14 pm
It’s a toss up between Georges Marvelous Medicine and Fantastic Mr Fox. I have so many great childhood memories of Roald Dahl books.
October 12, 2016 @ 7:25 pm
Matilda is our favourite book
October 12, 2016 @ 7:46 pm
we love gorges marvelous medicine its my sons fave
October 12, 2016 @ 8:26 pm
Georges Marvelous Medicine
October 12, 2016 @ 8:28 pm
My favourite is Charlie and the chocolate factory.
October 12, 2016 @ 9:44 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 12, 2016 @ 10:08 pm
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
October 12, 2016 @ 10:18 pm
Matilda
October 12, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
Has to be Fantastic Mr Fox. The farmers are just mean – let the fox have the cider and the chickens!!