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Matilda

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 57,391 Ratings and 2,638 Reviews

Book Description
Matilda is a very clever little girl. Very clever. But her parents and her headmistress have no time for all that, and they make Matilda very cross. So cross, in fact, that she discovers she has a magical power that she can put to very good use on some very unpleasant deserving people.
Book Information
PublisherPuffin Books
BindingPaperback (141 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages1
ISBN-100140868666
ISBN-13978-0140868661
Publication Date02/25/1999
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About Roald Dahl (Author) : Roald Dahl is a published author, compiler, creator, editor, illustrator, and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Roald Dahl include The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and... more
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About Quentin Blake (Illustrator) : Quentin Saxby Blake CBE (born December 16, 1932 in Sidcup) is a British cartoonist, illustrator and childrens' book author. He was educated at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School. He sketched his f... more
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About Christopher Timothy (Narrator, Reader) : Christopher Timothy is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Christopher Timothy include Every Living Thing, Matilda, All Things Wise and Wonderful, a... more
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About Rula Lenska (Narrator, Reader) : Rula Lenska is a published author, narrator, and a photographer of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Rula Lenska include Matilda, Tales of Greek Heroes (Puffin C... more
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11/18/2014 Lindsay Marchant

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6/22/2011 Michaela Kuenster tagged as: Inspired me

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1/14/2010 Jennie wilson

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4/10/2009 Timothy Schenk said: This is a fun magical book. I highly recogmend it.
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10/25/2008 Angela Mann said: 26224
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10/24/2008 D.M. Cunningham said: It's Roald Dahl, what else is there to say!
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6/8/2008 Kate Ahmann tagged as: I recommend

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11/8/2007 Jennifer Darlington

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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