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Matilda

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By Roald Dahl

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| School & Library Binding | 9780833542816

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Book Description

For hundreds of kids, The Trunchbull is pure terror. For Matilda, she's a sitting duck. Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved storytellers of all time, and his books have been children's favorites for generations. Puffin is proud to offer a strong new look for nine of our classic Roald Dahl titles.Continue

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A delightful book to teach. We use this in F. 1 for students who are making the transition from reading adaptations to reading original works. It has a wonderfully positive message about the importance of believing in yourself and standing up to those who abuse their authority.

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David Johncock said on Oct 9, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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A very imaginative tale with wonderfully rich language. Expressly British, but that makes it fun.
My students loved this Dahl book.

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Batona said on Apr 21, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

The movie had me on the edge of my seat and I was always wondrous of being able to "have powers".
The movie and Book were pretty bang on and I remember just loving the portrayal of evil of Ms. Trunchbowl and Matilda's spunky character. She took everything by the horns and made a stand for herself an ... (continue)

The movie had me on the edge of my seat and I was always wondrous of being able to "have powers".
The movie and Book were pretty bang on and I remember just loving the portrayal of evil of Ms. Trunchbowl and Matilda's spunky character. She took everything by the horns and made a stand for herself and friends. Ms. Honey fills out her name and even though it is really Jenny, it makes her seem like the dearest teacher any child would want to have.
It was sweet and lovely, I would be happy to read this book again. It's truly inspirational and makes you smile once you reach the end.

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Simonlegofiles said on Mar 4, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Brilliantly evil...

This is a brilliant book! Its such a lovely read, I think every child should have a copy! Matilda is the sweetest child ever and you cant help but feel so sorry for her with her cruel parents. The Trunchbull is a brilliantly evil character.
The movie version is fantastic also and they brought the ... (continue)

This is a brilliant book! Its such a lovely read, I think every child should have a copy! Matilda is the sweetest child ever and you cant help but feel so sorry for her with her cruel parents. The Trunchbull is a brilliantly evil character.
The movie version is fantastic also and they brought the story across from book to film really well making it even better if anything. A great Roald Dahl book!

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 25, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Dahl's Matilda is one of my favourite character! This book is funny and brilliant, as usual, Dahl brings you to some place you don't want to abandon!

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Pinkusagi said on Aug 16, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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This book is about a girl called Matilda, she studied at a school but the principal of this school was a very terrible person and she always punlished the students with some very terrible punlishment. The family of Matilda was so special. His fater and mother loved watching TV so much and they alway ... (continue)

This book is about a girl called Matilda, she studied at a school but the principal of this school was a very terrible person and she always punlished the students with some very terrible punlishment. The family of Matilda was so special. His fater and mother loved watching TV so much and they always told Matilda not to read so many books but watch more TV, although they always said this to Matilda, Matilda still love reading so much. She was a genius, she always learnt a lot of things herself by reading different books. She had a very great and nice teacher called Miss Honey and this teacher treated Matilda so nice. One day, Matilda found herself having great superpower that her eyes can control things and she told Miss Honey, although at first Miss Honey was not quiet sure if it was true because she knew that Matilda would not lie to others especially Miss Honey, she thought that having superpower was not imaginable. At last, Miss Honey totally believed in Matilda after Matilda showed her the superpower. Matilda used her superpower to help Miss Honey and played tricks on the principal because she knew that the principal had done something bad to Miss Honey.
I think this book is a very interesting book because the story is really so new to me and very creative, also Matilda was a charcter which was very cute and lovely, and her parents were so disagreeable and Miss Honey was really so nice and very suitable to be a teacher. I love this book so much.

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Mlcmtl Lover said on Nov 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback