MatildaNow a musical! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. |
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... Bogtrotter and the Cake Lavender The Weekly Test The First Miracle The Second Miracle Miss Honey's Cottage Miss Honey's Story The Names The Practice The Third Miracle A New Home The Reader of Books It's a funny thing about mothers.
... Bogtrotter and the Cake Lavender The Weekly Test The First Miracle The Second Miracle Miss Honey's Cottage Miss Honey's Story The Names The Practice The Third Miracle A New Home The Reader of Books It's a funny thing about mothers.
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It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. Some parents go further. They become so blinded by ...
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. Some parents go further. They become so blinded by ...
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The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart, she decided she wanted something ...
The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart, she decided she wanted something ...
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Her father went to work and her mother went out playing bingo in a town eight miles away. Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book, ...
Her father went to work and her mother went out playing bingo in a town eight miles away. Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book, ...
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During the first week of Matilda's visits Mrs Phelps had said to her, “Does your mother walk you down here every day and then take you home?” “My mother goes to Aylesbury every afternoon to play bingo,” Matilda had said.
During the first week of Matilda's visits Mrs Phelps had said to her, “Does your mother walk you down here every day and then take you home?” “My mother goes to Aylesbury every afternoon to play bingo,” Matilda had said.
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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 Ghost | |
The PlatinumBlond | |
The Trunchbull | |
Throwing the Hammer | |
Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake | |
Lavender | |
The First Miracle | |
Miss Honeys Cottage | |
Miss Honeys Story | |
The Practice | |
A New Home | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Matilda |
| Author | Roald Dahl |
| Illustrated by | Quentin Blake |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1101654317, 9781101654316 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic Juvenile Fiction / School & Education Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance |
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