Roald Dahl の著書の中でも、これは比較的やさしい内容でページ数も少ないので、はじめての洋書として候補に入れてみてください。アイテムに入れられないものはディスカッションの中に記述します。<hr />+以下、Puffin Bookの著者紹介文より冒頭を引用+
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career...<hr />James and the Giant Peach も楽しいお話なので、お勧めです。ダールの世界が気に入った方は是非。
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