Roald Dahl

1. Roald Dahl This whole presentation is about the life of Mr.Roald Dahl! By:Jordan Singer

2. Birth of a Famous Author • Our famous author Mr.Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff Wales, September 13, 1916. • His mom and dad’s names were Harald Dahl and Sofie Magedalene.

3. Family • His father Harald Dahl was an owner of a ship broking business. • His family was a Norwegian family. • His father married a young French girl.

4. Family cont. • When Roald Dahl was only three years old his seven year old sister died of sickness. • About a month later his father died at the age of 57. • The family had to sell their jewelry to keep Roald Dahl in school.

5. How did he become an author? • After he served a term in the air force he returned home. • He was sent to Washington D.C to get an interview. • He had to send notes to an interviewer, which ended up becoming a story. He called it “A Piece of Cake.” • His very first book was Shot Down Over Libya.

6. Famous Books • Some of Roald Dahl's famous books are………. • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,James and the giant peach

7. Famous books con. Some other ones may be………… The BFG,Danny champion of the World, The Twits, The Witches, Going Solo, and Matilda

8. Good-bye Roald Dahl • Our famous author Roald Dahl was reported dead in November 23 1990 at the old age of 74. His cause for his very sad death was of a very rare blood disease

9. Fun Facts • Believe it or not, Roald Dahl was actually very good at sports! • When he was a full grown adult his height reached 6.6 feet! • Later on though he developed an interest in photography.

10. The End • This is the end of my power point, I hope you all learned something from it!