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A little magic can take you a long way.

Roald Dahl

The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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Absorb Beautiful Book Children Excitement Fall In Love Function Funny Prime
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
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I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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