Roald Dahl’s many bestselling children's books include James and the Giant Peach (1961), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), The BFG (1982) and Matilda (1988). It was adapted into a opera in 1998 by Tobias Picker, a play in 2001 by Sally Reid, a film in 2009 directed by Wes Anderson and a musical in 2017 adapted by Sam Holcroft. In 1994, the Children’s Book Council of Australia awarded it the Read Aloud BILBY Award. In Fantastic Mr Fox, the idea for the foxes’ home originated from a huge tree which grew outside the author’s home in the village of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.įantastic Mr Fox is popular across the world. Many of the characters and stories he created were inspired by the people and places around him. During his career, he wrote a wide range of material, from short stories for adults, to film screenplays, to his well-known children's books. Fox (and all the other woodland creatures that live around him), who steals their chickens, ducks, turkeys and apple cider and seemingly out-smarts them at every turn. Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British author, poet, inventor and fighter pilot. Boggis, Bunce and Bean, that live near his new home in an oak tree, who are dark, evil men bent on getting rid of Mr. These three crooks plan to dig Mr Fox out of his home, but they don't realise how truly fantastic Mr Fox is, or how far he'll go to save his family.įantastic Mr Fox is one of Roald Dahl’s most popular creations and frequently named as favourite story by young visitors to the musuem. Mr Fox steals food from the meanest farmers around, Boggis, Bunce and Bean - one fat, one short, one lean.
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