Matilda

Now a musical on Broadway and streaming on Netflix!

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of girl with extraordinary abilities. 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 kid-hating terror of a 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!

"Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts." --The New York Times Book Review

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin; 1st edition (17 Feb. 2022)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241558317

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 8 years, from customers

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm