roald dahl had a weird talent for making children's stories feel magical and slightly disturbing at the same time.
charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, the bfg, the witches. his stories were funny, dark, cruel, imaginative, and usually very suspicious of adults.
probably why they still feel different from most children's books. image
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before becoming known for children’s books, roald dahl was a fighter pilot in world war ii and later worked in washington during the war.
that part of his life makes his writing feel a little different in hindsight. the danger, dark humor, strange adults, and sudden cruelty in his stories probably didn’t come from nowhere.
