Book of the Month: Roald Dahl Words of Magical Mischief

Celebrate Roald Dahl Story Day with Roald Dahl Words of Magical Mischief, a brand-new, wickedly mischievous guide to the magical words!

Book of the Month: Roald Dahl Scrumptious & Delumptious Words

Win copies of a Roald Dahl book bundle, to broaden vocabulary and have fun with language (September 2021)

Roald Dahl Day 2022!

An extra-usual talent Few writers have left such a gloriumptious legacy as Roald Dahl. His books continue to delight and inspire children (and adults) across the world, making lifelong impressions on readers through their wit, originality and underlying warmth. From the magical absurdism of James and the Giant Peach to the outrageous villainy of The […]

Roald Dahl

Explore Roald Dahl's imaginative language, learn about words and get inspired to create your own phizz-whizzing stories with these books and activities.

Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary (Hardback)

Susan Rennie | Age 7+

This is not an ordinary dictionary. Lots of dictionaries tell you what an ‘alligator’ is, or how to spell ‘balloon’, but they won’t explain the difference between a ‘ringbeller’ and a ‘trogglehumper’. All the words that Roald Dahl invented are here, with real citations from Roald Dahl’s children’s books and illustrations by Quentin Blake, to inspire and encourage young writers and readers. View product

Roald Dahl: Make a marvellous magic potion

Have a go at making your very own magic potion recipe, just like George and his marvellous mixtures or The Grand High Witch and her potent potions!

Roald Dahl: What do you call…?

Choose the correct word to match each of the descriptions.

Roald Dahl: Weather for Wonka

Can you predict the weather for Willy Wonka and write a forecast?

Roald Dahl: Spliffling speech

Can you fill in each of the blanks with a synonym of 'said'?

Roald Dahl: Redunculous recipes

The BFG has a surplus of snozzcumbers! Can you create a new recipe to help him use them up?

Roald Dahl: Propsposterous plants

Can you invent your own extra-usual tree, plant or flower?

Roald Dahl: Odd word out

Can you spot the odd one out in these lists of related words?

Roald Dahl: Hidden creatures

Circle the names of all the extra-usual creatures from Roald Dahl's stories.

Roald Dahl: Guess the origin

Learn about etymology by guessing which words come from which origins.

Roald Dahl: Giant wanted

Draw a picture of a murderful giant and label its body parts – from its foulsome teeth to its thirstbloody eyes…