My Year

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My Year
My Year, first edition
Author Roald Dahl
Illustrator Quentin Blake
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Released 1993
Media Type Print (Hardback)

My Year is a book by Roald Dahl and was published in 1993. It contains some of Roald Dahl's most remarkable writing and is basd on a diary he wrote during the final year of his life. In a month-by-month journey, he reflects on the past and present from many perspectives. Reminiscences of his childhood and adolescence are combined with tips on how to rid your lawn of moles or produce a first-class conker. All of this is woven into Roald Dahl's observations of the changing seasons. It feature watercolours by Quentin Blake.

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Roald Dahl official website

Roald Dahl Books

Childrens stories: The Gremlins (1943) | James and the Giant Peach (1961)| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) | The Magic Finger (1966) | Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1973) | Danny the Champion of the World (1975) | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | The Enormous Crocodile (1978) | The Twits (1980) | George's Marvelous Medicine (1981) | The BFG (1982) | The Witches (1983)| The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) | Matilda (1988)| Esio Trot (1989) | The Minpins (1991) | The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)

Childrens poetry: Revolting Rhymes (1982) | Dirty Beasts (1983) | Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult Novels: Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) | My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Adult Short-Story Collections: Over To You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) | Someone Like You (1953) | Kiss Kiss (1960) | Tales of the Unexpected (1979) | Switch Bitch (1974) |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | Two Fables (1986) | More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) | Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction: Boy – Tales of Childhood (1984) | Going Solo (1986) | Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991) | Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) | My Year (1993)

Plays: The Honeys (1955)

Film scripts: You Only Live Twice (1967) | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | The Night Digger (1971) | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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