Celebrate Roald Dahl Day with a series of fantastic events in and around London courtesy of Penguin Random House / Puffin.

It's coming up to a very special date in any book lover's calendar. Roald Dahl Day will once again be upon us on the 13th September 2018 - and this year's theme centres around one of Dahl's best known and most loved books (and one of our personal favourites too!) - James and the Giant Peach!

This year there will be tons of fun things to join in with, and lots of different events in and around London and throughout the UK. So let's take a look at a few...

JAMES AND THE GIANT WEEKEND at the Natural History Museum - a family festival exploring the natural world, as featured in the story, on the weekend of September 8th and 9th. Loads of opportunities for kids and parents to meet Museum scientists, see real specimens and learn more about the fascinating real lives of James’ minibeast friends.

PUFFIN VIRTUALLY LIVE - the annual Roald Dahl Show streams live at 14:00 GMT on September 13th but is also available “virtually live” afterwards. Guests include comedian/actor/author Adrian Edmondson and Rachel White (archivist from the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre) plus scientists from the Natural History Museum!

FORESTRY COMMISSION - exciting partnership launching on Roald Dahl Day itself, which will see Forestry Commission sites across England running JAMES themed events over weekends in September and into October half-term, including peach volleyball, centipede races and crafting creatures.

DAHLICIOUS DRESS UP DAY - children and teachers in schools throughout the UK will be dressing up as Roald Dahl characters to help mark Roald Dahl Day but also to raise funds for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity to support seriously ill children through its Roald Dahl Nurses programme.

ROCOCO CHOCOLATE WORKSHOPS - Rococo Chocolate is running JAMES inspired chocolate-making workshops in their flagship London store on the weekend of September 15th/16th.

Tons of extra details on all the events and a special downloadable Roald Dahl Day Party Pack can be found over on the official Roald Dahl Day website.