Dahlicious Days

Tomorrow sees the first ever Dahlicious Dress up Day

 However, we were celebrating a day early. The Roald Dahl charity does so much good work for sick children and this is a new venture for the charity, inviting children across the country to dress up as their favourite Roald Dahl characters. And let's face it, there are some great ones from Fantastic Mr Fox, the Twits and the wonderful BFG to Matilda, the Witches and the enormous crocodile. I am not a huge fan of Dahl - other than his revolting rhymes which I absolutely love - but the children love the books and I guess if they are reading that is a good things and so what if it is a little sensationally revolting - kids love it. You only have to see the success of the fabulous Horrible Histories.

So I have worn my sticker with pride (forgetting to take it off when I went shopping after school but that's another story entirely) and I proudly received my Golden Ticket this morning.

It was great fun making redunculous delumpuous recipes up featuring Dahl-esque words and utterly revolting ingredients. I love this example by the master himself from The Centipede.

"I’ve eaten many strange and scr umptious dishes in my time,

Like jellied gnats and dandyprats and earwigs cooked in slime,

And mice with rice – they’re really nice

When roasted in their prime.

(But don’t forget to sprinkle them with just a touch of grime.)

"I’m mad for crispy wasp-stings on a piece of buttered toast,

And pickled spines of porcupines. And then a gorgeous roast

Of dragon’s flesh, well hung, not fresh – It costs a pound at most.

(And comes to you in barrels if you order it by post.)

"I crave the tasty tentacles of octopi for tea

I like hot-dogs, I LOVE hot-frogs, and surely you’ll agree

A plate of soil with engine oil’s

A super recipe.

(I hardly need to mention that it’s practically free.)"

 So my lesson for today is about the miracle that is reading.

 
Today I am thankful for

• a real treat at the end of the day - meeting Nij for a spot of retail therapy and dinner out! Heaven
• the joy of reading and the wonder of passing that love of book on

 

Comments

[shellyj]

On your LSNED page you put "to see it kindled in a child" - I wonder if that is where Amazon got the name from?

[Jimjams]

Good point Shelly!
Love the idea of a dahl-icious day full of dahl-ightful fun! 100% agree that reading is simply the best! I returned DD's library books today and came out with two more for myself!

[Mary B]

I love the poem and the lolcat and how true just 26 little letters can create a universe in our imagination.

[Lizzie]

Love it! My DS also loves Roald Dahl and has all the books, which we read together at bed-times when he was a bit younger.
He also has a great big book of Dahl's poems, rhymes etc. It also has a recipe section - including a fabulous crocodile, made from a long, flat half-baguette, which you cut open along 1/2 its length, to make a mouth. You cover it with cucumber slices, for the scaly skin and add pine nut-teeth... can't remember the rest, but it sounded fab - and actually edible too!
Hope you all had a great time dressing up.