In his wingback armchair, with sharpened HB pencils and yellow legal notepads to hand, a baize-covered board propped across his lap, and curtains drawn in his private writing hut, Roald Dahl was a prolific author of books for both children and adults. read more
Roald Dahl also wrote plays and film-scripts. So, to answer the original question, Roald Dahl wrote 17 children’s novels and 20 books for children in total. In total he has published 48 books (not including published screenplays and plays). read more
49 – the total number of books published by Roald Dahl, including collections and books published after his death, but not including screenplays and plays. 21 – the total number of these books that were written for children. 18 – the number of children’s novels. 3 – the number of books of poetry for children. read more