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Matilda (Paperback)

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books; New edition edition (5 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141311363
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141311364
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 82,179 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Five-year old Matilda longs for her parents to be good and loving and understanding, but they are none of these things. They are perfectly horrid to her. Matilda invents a game of punishing them each time they treat her badly and she soon discovers she has supernatural powers.

About the Author
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not same cover but still a great book, one of the best!, 12 Feb 2008
Plot: Matilda is an intelligent little girl who can read and has been reading before she could walk! Her parents are mean to him; she is a genius but they are the stupid ones. Matilda has been dreaming about school and when she finally does go it is half a nightmare...

An amazing fact about the book connected with the author: Roald Dahl imagined being a child an again when he wrote Matilda.

Another cool comment about the book: Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1988 and was voted most popular in 1999 on World Book Day that year!

Rating and recommendation: 7/ 10; to all Roald Dahl fans.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have read so far!!!, 20 Oct 2001
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This is a really exciting book for 8 year olds.I have really enjoyed this book I think others will aswell.Some parts made me laugh,and others made me very ,very happy!!!!!
Matilda is a special little girl with magical powers. Her parents are miserable but she finds happines with Miss Honey,her teacher.It is full of adventures that allows her to escape from her parents.You can't put the book down once you have started.

Rebecca Moss, aged 8.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It is a fantastic book to read., 2 Jul 2004
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Have you ever heard of a girl that has magical powers?
This book is about a girl that can do magic. Matilda has two horrible parents and a horrible brother. They have been very cruel to her and are mean to her because she is cleverer than them. She goes to school when she is 6 years old. She has a mean headmistress called Miss Trunchbull, and Miss Trunchbull throws somebody out of the window. Miss Honey, Matilda's teacher, is kind and nice.This book is all about how Matilda escapes from school and her parents.
My favourite character is Matilda because she is cleverer than everybody else.
My favourite part is when Miss Trunchbull swings a girl round by her hair and throws her across the playground.
I would recommend this book to people aged 7-11 because they would find it very funny.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A story for everyone
Lovely heart warming story about a little girl who is very clever that has magic powers. My daughter told me about this story that was read to her at school - she found it so... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Charlotte Finds

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun!
Funny and irreverent and a great read. Fun for the grownups to read to kids (a change from fairies and princesses), and fun for them to really get into reading.
Published 7 months ago by hhr

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite childrens' books
I read Matilda many times in primary school because I found it exciting, funny, and empowering. It teaches children that they can be clever without being a goody goody, or... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mr. James D. G. Miles

5.0 out of 5 stars matilda magic
Matilda powers are very exiting & funny we will recamend it to enywhon how
can read.Have you herd about the bit where Matilda uses her powers on the Princeable. Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2007 by Miss M's Class

5.0 out of 5 stars A pinnacle of Dahl's children's writing
All of Roald Dahl's key works contain common features that make his books special and unique. Apart from gripping tales of the unexpected, the key reason for their appeal is in... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2007 by Yi-Peng

5.0 out of 5 stars worthy of a place on any bookshelf
Dahl has the ability to reach every child by showing them that anything is possible, regardless of your circumstances. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2006 by J. Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF MY NUMBER 1'S
Roald Dahl is a legend! and when it comes to childrens books he's the master, Reading Matilda was just so enjoyable, I must have read it at leat 5 times now, And I never get sick... Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2006 by G. Watson

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Matilda is not your average child. Already, she could read at just three years old! Her parents, Ratty Mr Wormwood, who is a rip - off car salesman, and her mother, Mrs Wormwood,... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2006 by Trixy

5.0 out of 5 stars "A whirlwind adventure of a young child's life "
A whirlwind adventure of how a young child's life is turned upside down and changed forever from the very first day she starts primary school. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2005 by Miss Dunn

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool but a bit sinister..!
As a kid I loved this book: like so many Roald Dahl books, it's about an amazing kid who takes on stupid or evil grown-ups in fun and inventive ways. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2002 by Mr. P. Craig

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