«Dahl's books regularly show up on the American Library Association's list of titles that patrons ask to be restricted from young children or removed from the shelves. In 1995, a mother attempting to expunge Dahl from elementary-school libraries in Virginia told the Washington Post that in his books "children misbehave and take retribution on adults, and there's never, ever a consequence for their actions." According to this surprisingly common critique of Dahl, to defy one adult--no matter how bad a person--is to defy us all.»
--"The Candy Man": Why children love Roald Dahl's stories--and many adults don't.