- Roald Dahl's mother called him apple because it meant her favourite.
- Roald Dahl kept a collection of his favourite things.
- He like several things which brought back bad memories as well as good ones.
- He liked a metal hip bone
- He liked spine shavings so kept it in a jar
- He liked his tin foil ball and his school clothes brush.
- Roald Dahl liked the colour yellow and his favourite food was caviar (fish eggs).