Roald Dahl Day

Tomorrow is Roald Dahl Day... A wonderful idea to celebrate one of the worlds greatest wordsmith's...

3 years ago, On Roald Dahl day 2006, I did a reading of my and Roald Dahl's verse for Children in Cork City. It was so enjoyable, and I wrote the verse below expecially for it...

Hope it is enjoyed, and you all have a great Roald Dahl Day.


Roald Dahl Day

Any fan of Roald Dahl knows
He was a wizard when it came to prose.
And, although a great story he did tell
He also wrote great verse as well.
Like ‘Revolting Rhymes’ and ‘Rhyme stew’
His stories contained great rhymes to.
The 4 naughty Golden Ticket winners all had
A rhyme that showed us why they were bad.
So many great poems he did create
So I would like to celebrate
These rhymes and I’d also like to say
Have a Scrumdiddlyumptious Roald Dahl day

Roald Dahl Funny Prize Shortlists announced

So the Shortlists for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize have been unveiled, and my collection of verse is not amongst them... And I am disappointed, even though I never seriously expected it to be, I was hoping.

The News articles about the shortlist appear to be surrounding the fact that David Walliams debut book, 'The Boy in the Dress' is shortlisted. (Even the Official Press Release from Booktrust seems to be all about this book.)

I read the book, and I really enjoyed it... Although I thought the book more of a Tender Growing up story with the odd funny passage, than a laugh out loud funny book...

Oh well… This will be my last attempt at trying to win this award… I hope The Judges at least enjoyed reading my verse.

Well done to all the authors shortlisted… The Shortlists are:

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The funniest book for children aged six and under

The Great Dog Bottom Swap by Peter Bently, illus. Mei Matsuoka (Andersen Press)

Octopus Socktopus by Nick Sharratt (Alison Green Books)

Elephant Joe is a Spaceman! by David Wojtowycz (Alison Green Books)

Crocodiles Are the Best Animals of All! by Sean Taylor, illus. Hannah Shaw (Frances Lincoln)

Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd (Orchard Books)

The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, illus. Bruce Ingman (Walker Books)

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The funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen

The Galloping Ghost by Hilda Offen (Catnip Publishing)

Eating Things on Sticks by Anne Fine, illus. Kate Aldous (Doubleday)

Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh, illus. Jim Paillot (Faber and Faber)

The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, illus. Quentin Blake (HarperCollins)

Purple Class and the Half-Eaten Sweater by Sean Taylor, illus. Helen Bate (Frances Lincoln)

Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan (Simon & Schuster)

Not Nominated...

Well I can only assume that I am either, Not Funny or Nobody reads my blog, how else can anyone explain my absence from the nominations for ‘best humour blog’ in the Irish Blog awards? Especially when one of the Nominations, ‘Our National Disgrace’, Hasn’t posted anything since 2004.

If it is one of those reasons, I’m actually hoping that nobody reads me, because I really do not want people thinking of me as not funny.

I have a dream this year, I would love for my poetry collection, which should be released before the end of April, to be nominated for a Roald Dahl Funny Award, that was introduced by Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen. This would be wonderful, but if I’m not funny than I can forget that.

But if no one reads me then that will mean that I have been wasting my time writing this and any of my Blogs as no-one has been reading it.

Oh well whatever the reason… There is always next year…