Celebrate Roald Dahl Day 2009

What are you doing to celebrate the famous author's day on September 13 2009?

Have you got something on at school or are you going along to a museum event?

There's plenty going on round the country to celebrate Roald Dahl Day 2009.


Courtesy The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre have a Fantastic Mr Fox themed day with a chance to meet those dastardly farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean!


Courtesy The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Why not try The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre's Splendiferous quiz?

This is a photo of Roald Dahl in his Writing Hut where he penned all those amazing stories. It was taken in about 1990.

© Jan Baldwin 2009

Prizes! Prizes! There's a Family Golden Ticket (free entry) to The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre and a copy of Usborne's Animal things to make and do for the Show Me surfer who sends us the best animal make and do.

Courtesy Usborne Books

Thanks to Usborne Books, we've made our own Dahl-inspired enormous crocodile make and do activity for you - so you could try making that!


© Rachel Hayward / Culture24

To be in with a chance of winning, email or send in a photo of your make and do animal - and don't forget to tell us your name, age and address!

Click on this link for full competition rules.

Good luck!