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Roald Dahl’s 20 Greatest Characters
Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl’s 20 Greatest Characters

Posted on June 10, 2020 by tygertale • Leave a comment

Over the course of lockdown I’ve been keeping myself sane by running a series of World Cups on Twitter covering children’s books, kid’s TV and now the characters of Roald Dahl. Golden tickets at the ready… Beginning today, the most giganticus twitter poll yet. The #WorldCupofRoaldDahl! 64 characters from 16 books compete to win the … Continue reading →

CHILD POWER! Roald Dahl in the 1980s
Roald Dahl

CHILD POWER! Roald Dahl in the 1980s

Posted on September 23, 2017 by tygertale • Leave a comment

Roald Dahl used to talk with some pride about what he called his ‘child power’. He couldn’t move objects with his mind like Matilda or wave a vengeful magic finger, no. What he believed he could do, according to biographer Jeremy Treglown, was ‘walk into any house in Europe or the USA and if there … Continue reading →

Willy Wonka and Other Psychopaths
Bad Girl Warning / Roald Dahl

Willy Wonka and Other Psychopaths

Posted on May 20, 2016 by tygertale • 1 Comment

Some of the great characters from children’s literature take the Hare PCL-R test for psychopathy. Think of villains like Lord Voldemort, Miss Slighcarp, the Twits – extreme psychopaths. But what of the heroes? Psychopaths aren’t necessarily sadistic murderers, they can be people in positions of power: surgeons, politicians, CEOs of chocolate factories… Continue reading →

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The 39 Steps by John Buchan. Cover by Edward Gorey.
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Rooftopping in 2014
Set a few years before her classic Parisian adventure Roofoppers, Katherine Rundell’s prequel, Skysteppers tells the story of Matteo and how he came to live up high. Ahead of a new Deeper Reading podcast here’s an extract from our interview, available in full at tygertale.com (link in bio).

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