Roald Dahl's new book

Guardian Unlimited reports: A neglected early work by Roald Dahl has been republished after more than 60 years, following a campaign by an American Air Force historian.

I read this on the Internet.

In 1943 Dahl wrote his first children's book, The Gremlins. Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren and liked it so much that she invited him to have dinner with her and the President at the White House. They had such a good time that he was invited again, and then the visits extended to weekends at their country house. During those visits, Dahl had the unique opportunity to talk with President Franklin Roosevelt about world events as casually as one might have a conversation with an very old friend. It was a very exciting experience for him.

Guardian says the book "... is the story of two British pilots who discover group of small, horned creatures on the wings of their aeroplane. Initially hostile, the Gremlins are won over with their favourite food - used postage stamps
- and join the Allied forces in the Battle of Britain."

Wow! Really sounds like fun.

The report says that Disney was supposed to make a movie of it but didn't and the text languished. It has now been rediscovered and the original text will be released "... by the publishers Dark Horse (with) a full marketing
campaign..." in 2007.

Can't wait for it? Apparently the original text is available on the net. Here is the call to Google champions out there. Do tell me when you find the link.

Story link: http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1976091,00.html