More about boy: Roald Dahl's tales from childhood

Starting-point: Papa and Mama ; More about Mama ; Kindergarten, 1922-3 ; A grand time

Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): The bicycle and the sweet-shop ; The great mouse plot ; A life without sweets ; Going to Norway ; The magic island ; A visit to the doctor ; The last lap

St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day ; Writing home ; The matron ; Homesickness ; A drive in the motor-car ; The Meccano Chariot ; Captain Hardcastle ; How I became a writer ; Little Ellis and the boil ; Goat's tobacco

Reston and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school ; Boazers ; Painful punishments ; The headmaster ; Chocolates ; Ten horrid little boys and girls ; Corkers ; Fagging ; That awful cold bath ; Games and photography ; Goodbye, school

P.S.:The voyage out (Excerpt from Going Solo) ; A Dahl-tastic quiz.

Starting-point: Papa and Mama

More about Mama

Kindergarten, 1922-3

A grand time

Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): The bicycle and the sweet-shop

The great mouse plot

A life without sweets

Going to Norway

The magic Island

A visit to the doctor

The last lap

St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day

Writing home

The matron

Homesickness

A drive in the motor-car

The Meccano chariot

Captain Hardcastle

How I became a writer

Little Ellis and the boil

Goat's tobacco

Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school

Boazers

Painful punishments

The headmaster

Chocolates

Ten horrid little boys and girls

Corkers

Fagging

That awful cold bath

Games and photography

Goodbye school

P.S.

the voyage out (excerpt from going solo)

A Dahl-tastic quiz

Notes and acknowledgments.