Danny the Champion of the World" by Roald Dahl is the much-loved tale of how Danny & his father outwitted the mean Mr Victor Hazell. Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous & exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy & peaceful in their gipsy caravan until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What's more soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring & devilish plot against horrible red-faced Mr Victor Hazell..."A true genius.. . Roald Dahl is my hero". David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."