Next up in my series of recovered Roald Dahl books, Esio Trot! I missed this book when I was young. It was cute and charming if not a little bit strange, but then again it’s Roald Dahl and strangeness is one of the reasons I love these books so much! Next up, not sure yet, possibly Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Really I’m looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of ‘The Witches’ as I recall that one being very strange and very great.
~Greg
So it’s taken me a little longer to finish this one as it took me a while to sit down and read Matilda. It’s funny though, these books are not nearly so long as I remember them being when I was younger. But, without further ado, here it is, my recovering of Matilda. I’m really glad I took the time to reread the whole book, it was a delight!
~Greg
So I took the idea of my James and the Giant Peach cover I recently posted about and decided to run a little bit further with it. Armed with a stack of Roald Dahl books from the public library, I’ve decided to reread some more of my favorite tales and recover them. The ultimate idea is to make a coherent series of covers with shared elements between them, so that if all these books were on a shelf they’d look like they belonged together in a collection. I took some of the aspects of the James and the Giant Peach cover and adapted it to another Roald Dahl story which I never had the pleasure of reading in my youth, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It’s a fun story indeed. Next up, I’m setting my sights on Matilda, but we’ll see!
~Greg
This week I decided to challenge myself, drawing inspiration from the cover redeisgn challenge that periodically happens at The Fox is Black. This is one of my favorite Roald Dahl books, I’m pleased with the results and considering recovering some other Dahl classics. What projects have challenged you this week?
~Greg