Monday, September 27, 2010

Great Monday Give: Boy

I'm going off the grid for the Great Monday Give today {the day where we give our books away!}, as I figured out we have two copies floating around. Now, there almost isn't an author my son enjoys more than Roald Dahl. The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me ~ George's Marvelous Medicine ~ The Magic Finger ~ Esio Trot ~ Fantastic Mr. Fox... all of them really. His books are ones I personally never tire of reading aloud as they are so fun and totally engaging. After our whole family fell in love with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar on audio a while back, last year I found myself reading this book, the first in a two part memoir which also includes Going Solo. If you have any interest in finding our where Dahl's obsession with candy stores and tomfoolery came from, as well as his often melancholy heart, look no further. Boy: Tales of Childhood is a real doll of a book, and all you have to do to be entered to win a very fine, used copy is comment on this post between now and Sunday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM. A winner will be selected at random and announced the next morning.

Speaking of which, the winner of last week's give of Lucille is MommaofMany. Please sent your shipping info to webe(at)soon(dot)com, and I'll try and be quick about getting it out to you. That's all for now!

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27 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2010 at 6:38 AM

    I loved the adventuresomeness of Going Solo as a kid, but I never got around to reading the childhood part of Dahl's memoir. Thanks for putting this in the Great Monday Give rotation!

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  2. john & catherineSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:08 AM

    I love this one, and the insight it gives into Dahl's other books. I haven't read it to my kids yet. I would love to have it. Thanks!

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  3. Ethan_Hall_2006September 27, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    I went through a big Dahl phase growing up and I ended up reading all his book and biographies. Now that I have a young kid in the house we are going through that phase together!

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  4. KristieSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    This sounds like it would be a wonderful addition to our little ones' library. Thank you for the chance to win!! :-)

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  5. katieSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    Ohh we love Dahl! This would be a great addition to our library! :)

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  6. AmyBSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Awesome! Thanks for the chance to add this to our library!

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  7. You Can Call Me JaneSeptember 27, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    We haven't read this one yet- it looks right up Sam's alley. Thanks, again, for a great giveaway. I haven't been over here in a little while- I LOVE your new header picture!

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  8. HollySeptember 27, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    My 7-year-old just completed the Reading Dahlathon. He would love to read another Dahl book.

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  9. heatherSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    This book sounds awesome! I would love to own it.

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  10. dsouth20September 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    I love Dahl's books!

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  11. Carin SiegfriedSeptember 27, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    you read my mind! I've been looking for a used copy of Boy as I got Solo at a used bookstore last year but don't want to read them out of order. Please count me in! Thanks.

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  12. AngelicaSeptember 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    Count me in. Dahl is superb!

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  13. Megan GSeptember 27, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    I love his stuff.

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  14. HannaSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM

    Love Roald Dahl! I don't think I've read this one, though...

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  15. Sharon HylandSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    Love Roald Dahl! Thanks for the chance to win this!

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  16. JulieSeptember 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    Oh wonderful! I've never heard of this book, but have always loved Dahl's work (James and the Giant Peach is one of my favs).

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  17. StacySeptember 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    Me thinks this would give my son a nice break from Percy Jackson!

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  18. Heather VanTimmerenSeptember 28, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    Roald Dahl's books are such fun! Please enter me.

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  19. ohmymelSeptember 28, 2010 at 10:09 PM

    i loveee roald dahl ! used to read his books over and over again, and wondered what his own life must have been like...

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  20. HeatherSeptember 29, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this, but that is the book Meg Ryan is reading at storytime in "You've Got Mail"! LOVE it!

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  21. Crumbs and Quibbles.September 29, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    We love Dahl here too. Although I must admit that after reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to my then four year old daughter, she very quietly mumbled, "Please don't ever read that to me again." HA!! I guess the story got a little too dark for her. Thanks for the wonderful book recommendations.

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  22. Burgin StreetmanSeptember 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM

    I can't imagine any bookseller being ambitious enough to tackle this book at story time. Ha!

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  23. ChristyJanSeptember 29, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    I would love to be entered to win a copy of this book.

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  24. wmmahaneySeptember 30, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    We haven't read this Dahl book and would love to add it to our library.

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  25. Theresa N.October 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM

    His books are loads of fun.
    Theresa N
    weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  26. ossmcalcOctober 2, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    My grandson would love to read Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl. Thank you for sponsoring this giveaway.

    Thank you,

    Christine
    womackcm@sbcglobal.net

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  27. EllieOctober 3, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    I love Roald Dahl's books, but this is one I've never read. Very exciting! Thank you for pointing my way to it! And I'd love to enter your contest.
    lemonandrose (at)gmail (dot)com

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