Matilda, Volume 1Matilda is a genius, but her parents treat her like a dolt, so she applies her untapped mental powers to get revenge on her parents and rid her school of the evil headmistress. "Dahl has written another fun and funny book with a child's perspective on an adult world. As usual, Blake's comical sketches are the perfect complement to the satirical humor".--School Library Journal. |
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go a School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents , but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end - of - term reports . If I were a teacher I would cook ...
go a School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents , but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end - of - term reports . If I were a teacher I would cook ...
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Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line , who show no interest at all in their children , and these of course are far worse than the doting ones . Mr and Mrs Wormwood were two such parents .
Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line , who show no interest at all in their children , and these of course are far worse than the doting ones . Mr and Mrs Wormwood were two such parents .
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She couldn't believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughter's remarkable talents . After all , Mr Wormwood was a successful motor - car dealer so she presumed that he was a fairly intelligent man himself .
She couldn't believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughter's remarkable talents . After all , Mr Wormwood was a successful motor - car dealer so she presumed that he was a fairly intelligent man himself .
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User Review - deaflower - LibraryThingThis is one of my favourite children's stories, because it shows that you can be anything you want to be, regardless of who you are, what you look like, and where you came from. Matilda didn't have a ... Read full review
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User Review - quondame - LibraryThingMatilda is the wee girl with something extra in a family that hasn't any place for her or good will toward anyone. In finding a library and librarian as a pre-schooler she takes steps into a larger ... Read full review
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Matilda, Volume 1 Oprah's kids' reading list Puffin Books Puffin modern classics |
| Author | Roald Dahl |
| Illustrated by | Quentin Blake |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, braille |
| Publisher | Puffin Books, 1990 |
| ISBN | 014034294X, 9780140342949 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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