“He was a small, ratty-faced man with gray teeth. his eyes were dark and quick and clever, like rat’s eyes, and his ears were slightly pointed at the top. He had a cloth cap on his head and he was wearing a grayish-colored jacket with enormous pockets. The gray jacket, together with the quick eyes and pointed ears, made him look more than anything like some sort of a huge human rat.”
- The Hitchhiker, Roald Dahl.
In my opinion, this is good writing. It not only has excellent imagery and visual details that appeal to the younger audience, his syntax includes simple and easily understood words. Roald Dahl has a clear, story-telling voice that purposely welcomes kids into his tales.