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Matilda / Roald Dahl ; illustrations by Quentin Blake.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, [2013], ©1988.Edition: [25th anniversary gift edition]Description: 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780670824397
  • 0670824399
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The reader of books -- Mr Wormwood, the great car dealer -- The hat and the superglue -- The ghost -- Arithmetic -- The platinum-blond man -- Miss Honey -- The Trunchbull -- The parents -- Throwing the hammer -- Bruce Bogtrotter and the cake -- Lavender -- The weekly test -- The first miracle -- The second miracle -- Miss Honey's cottage -- Miss Honey's story -- The names -- The practice -- The third miracle -- A new home.
Summary: Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Dahl Roald Available 33111009668290
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The classic story from Roald Dahl, about an exceptional young girl with extraordinary powers. Adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and a Netflix film!

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 menacing, kid-hating 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!

Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers.

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

The reader of books -- Mr Wormwood, the great car dealer -- The hat and the superglue -- The ghost -- Arithmetic -- The platinum-blond man -- Miss Honey -- The Trunchbull -- The parents -- Throwing the hammer -- Bruce Bogtrotter and the cake -- Lavender -- The weekly test -- The first miracle -- The second miracle -- Miss Honey's cottage -- Miss Honey's story -- The names -- The practice -- The third miracle -- A new home.

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