As far as I am concerned, we could all do with a little more Roald Dahl in our day to day lives. The man was a genius and a gift to children's fiction.

From what I remember reading this book (I apologize for not giving feedback sooner I forgot I had a NetGalley account), I thought it was completely fascinating that, all of the words he had created throughout his stories were in one place. I also enjoyed that after each definition there was usually a sentence from a story that the word was in. One unique feature of this dictionary is the "Did you know?" and "Look it up" sections. This provides a person the ability to know more about one of his words he either created and how it ties into real words or other random facts. This is a good resource if you are a Roald Dahl fan.

This is a great book for a Roald Dahl fan. Fun way to locate those invented words that Dahl was so famous for. It's just what it says it is, a Roald Dahl Dictionary. I would note that it isn't exclusively his invented words, there are plenty of regular words in there as well to flesh it out a bit. There's a good chance your average person wouldn't have much use for this, this is more for fans.

'Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary' compiled by Susan Rennie, illustrated by Quentin Blake, with original text by Roald Dahl is a Roald Dahl approved, actual Oxford Dictionary for children (and fans of Roald Dahl).

The dictionary starts with a nice illustrated guide to how to use this dictionary. The words that were made up by Roald Dahl are in blue. Just about all of the entries include a sentence showing how the word is used in a Roald Dahl book. The reader is encouraged to find rhymes or ways to use the words in sentences. There is a handy alphabet down the side of the page for easy flipping to the right page. There are also fun illustrations throughout.

The book starts with an entry for aardvark. Not because Roald Dahl used the word, but because that's the word that all dictionaries should start with. I found that hilarious and completely appropriate.

This is such a fun dictionary. I really enjoyed getting a chance to look through it. Roald Dahl was really good at making up funny words. I didn't realize how many he had until I saw them in this volume.

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An excellent book for lovers of Roald Dahl, I loved it - really enjoyed it - 5 stars from me!

Review written by my ten year old son:

I liked it. It tells the difference between words that sound the same. I liked the illustrations too. I also liked how there are words made up by Roald Dahl and actual words. The sample sentences are taken from Roald Dahl's books. It has random facts here and there. It was fun. I think I like it more than your usual dictionary. It depends, it is not very thick. I don't think it has as many words as most dictionaries. It's probably best to have both.