Matilda (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
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$8.99 US
Penguin Young Readers | Viking Books for Young Readers
52 per carton
On sale Sep 23, 2004 | 9780142402535
Age 8-12 years
Reading Level: Lexile 840L | Fountas & Pinnell S
Sales rights: US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
Now a musical on Broadway and streaming on Netflix!

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
  • WINNER
    Blue Peter Children's Book Award
  • WINNER
    Best Children's Book of the Century
  • WINNER | 2014
    Audie Awards
  • SELECTION | 2014
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • HONOR | 2014
    Odyssey Honor
  • SELECTION | 2013
    Booklist Editors' Choice: Audiobooks - Young Listeners
Roald Dahl has done it again. . . . Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts. (The New York Times Book Review)

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Now a musical on Broadway and streaming on Netflix!

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

Awards

  • WINNER
    Blue Peter Children's Book Award
  • WINNER
    Best Children's Book of the Century
  • WINNER | 2014
    Audie Awards
  • SELECTION | 2014
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • HONOR | 2014
    Odyssey Honor
  • SELECTION | 2013
    Booklist Editors' Choice: Audiobooks - Young Listeners

Praise

Roald Dahl has done it again. . . . Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts. (The New York Times Book Review)