Matilda: Broadway Tie-In, (Paperback)

from mich_yms

Matilda is an extraordinary girl. She was already able to speak perfectly at the age of one and a half, and by the time she was five, she's read more classic books than I have! It's just too bad her parents don't see her strengths and abilities. Having a wretched father doesn't help much, and I j...

from abbylibrarian

Matilda was one of my favorite books as a kid and I've loved rediscovering it through the audio recording. I forgot just how good it is! Matilda is a spunky first-grader, proving that you don't need to be able to reach the kitchen cabinets to start standing up to The Man. The partially voiced nar...

from caseybp

I read this book as I prepared to choreograph the musical. It was wonderful. I felt so connected to this little girl. Such a wonderful story for the child who likes to read and is interested in the world.

from raschneid

A comfort read that speaks to me on a very deep level. Funny how, unlike many of Dahl's works, Matilda has never been challenged or banned, as it's literally about the power of books and the life of the mind to inspire resistance to authority.

from BolstlerJ

Matilda by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake is the winner of the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (UK 1988) and was voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll (UK 1998). Matilda is an extremely gifted young girl; before she even starts school she has ta...