Websites
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34,108 people like The Witches on Facebook. Shmoop thinks that way more people like it in real life.
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Everything you could ever want to know about Roald Dahl, plus some fun games and tons of pictures.
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Roald Dahl's children didn't all have wonderful lives and so he started a foundation to help seriously ill children. Nice guy.
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Field trip to England, anyone?
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Everything you could ever want to know about our genius illustrator.
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Check out the British Broadcasting Corporations page on Dahl. Here you can read a bio and watch interviews with his family members on topics like Dahl's school years.
Movie or TV Productions
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At least it stars Anjelica Houston, who kind of looks like Quentin Blake's illustrations of The Grand High Witch (the pretty version, that is).
Historical Documents
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"I know what children like," he once said. Yes you do, Mr. Dahl.
Video
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It's filled with early '90s effects, which may or may not give you nightmares.
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In case you have a high tolerance for bad costumes and really creepy cinematic endeavors.
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Roald Dahl tells some children how to tell a witch from a normal woman.
Audio
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Listen to the tale being read aloud in a lovely British accent. That way, you don't have to worry about the spelling. Click "Play Sample" below the image of the book cover to listen to a little bit.
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Click on "The Man" and then "Interview with Roald Dahl" to hear the author answer some fascinating questions.
Images
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He kind of has a childlike wonder in his eyes, don't you think?
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Anjelica Houston as The Grand High Witch. Scary, much?
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Like she's conducting an orchestra...of child killers.