By Roald Dahl (author) , Quentin Blake (illustrator)
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Matilda - Roald Dahl's best-loved story - though now over 30 years old, is as fresh, funny and poignant as when it was first published in 1988.
The story of a child genius, it has been adapted into film and, most recently, a hugely successful, award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
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Iconic character. Iconic villain. The blue print for Child vs Adult story. ~ Elle McNicoll, Guest Editor February 2023
*A very special edition, celebrating everyone's favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up*
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These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind. But her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories.
And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up. Now it's time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . .
This very special version of Matilda includes writing tips to tell your OWN story, and pull-out-and-keep grown up Matilda illustrations to inspire you to think big, big, BIG!
Roald Dahl was born in Wales of Norwegian parents – the child of a second marriage. His father and elder sister died when Roald was just three. His mother was left to raise two stepchildren and her own four children. Roald was her only son.
He had an unhappy time at school - at Llandaff Cathedral School, at St Peter’s prep school in Weston-super-Mare and then at Repton in Derbyshire.
Dahl’s unhappy time at school was to influence his writing greatly. He once said that what distinguished him from most other children’s writers was “this business of remembering what it was like to be young”. Roald’s childhood and schooldays are the subject of his autobiography Boy.
Since Roald Dahl’s death, his books have more than maintained their popularity. Total sales of the UK editions are around 37 million, with more than 1 million copies sold every year! Sales have grown particularly strongly in America where Dahl books are now achieving the bestselling status that curiously proved elusive during the author’s lifetime.
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*A very special edition, celebrating everyone's favourite young genius! Includes tips and activities for creating your very own story, and incredible pull-out illustrations of Matilda all grown-up* These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Matilda Special Edition and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Matilda Special Edition features in the following genres: Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, School Stories, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations
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Matilda Special Edition was written by Roald Dahl and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Matilda Special Edition has 384 pages
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