Roald Dahl Day is celebrated annually on September 13th to honor the birthday of the beloved children’s author Roald Dahl, author of books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. Fans and schools often mark the day with activities, reading events, and costume parties, encouraging a love of literature and celebrating Dahl’s imaginative stories and characters.

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Featured image: Roald Dahl in his garden of Gipsy House in September 1990, by Jürgen Wieshoff via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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