Matilda
Author(s): Roald Dahl
Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things. The truth is, she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Find out how she gets the better of them and her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, as well as discovering that she has a very special power.
Product Information
W 2000 Blue Peter Book Awards: The Book That Made Me Laugh Loudest
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
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.
General Fields
- :
- : Penguin Books
- : Puffin
- : 0.184
- : 01 April 2001
- : 199mm X 129mm X 14mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roald Dahl
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : Quentin Blake
- : 823.914
- : 240
- : b&w illustrations