Matilda (Galaxy Children's Large Print Books)

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Roald Dahl: Matilda (Galaxy Children's Large Print Books) (1999, Chivers North America)

Paperback, 376 pages

English language

Published July 12, 1999 by Chivers North America.

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978-0-7540-6060-4
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Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake. It was adapted as an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet; a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito; a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme starring Lauren Mote as Matilda, Emerald O'Hanrahan as Miss Honey, Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull and narrated by Lenny Henry; and a 2010 musical.In 2012 Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily US audience. It was the first of four books by Dahl among the Top 100, more than any other writer. Time included Matilda in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Worldwide sales have reached 17 million, and since 2016 sales have spiked to the extent that it …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • School & Education
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children: Grades 4-6
  • Classics
  • Humorous Stories