Matilda
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Matilda
Roald Dahl
Children’s
James Mustich
Aug 1, 2018
Roald Dahl’s roster of youth-delighting tales is as rich as that of any twentieth-century children’s author. From The Gremlins (1943) to The Minpins (1991), Dahl created marvelous confections for young readers for nearly five decades. Standing out among his storytelling treats is Matilda, whose superheroine is heroic—and triumphant—first and foremost because she loves to read. When a small girl vanquishes oppressive adults, what young reader won’t experience a vicarious thrill? Indeed, a good portion of Dahl’s popularity can be traced to the fact that he never underestimates young people, either as readers or as protagonists. What Dahl brought to writing for kids was an irreverence that proved to be the raison d’être of his art—a verve that, because it strikes an incorrigible chord with even the best behaved of his readers, conjures a liberating energy all too seldom captured between covers.
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DeAnn Rossetti
Oct 28, 2018
I agree that Dahl never talks down to children or any of his readers. I loved Matilda, who was a reader like myself, from the moment we met.
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Leonor Barrio de la Vega
Jan 16, 2019
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Tricia Sean Goodman
Feb 19, 2019
Very good for young readers. Dahl is one of the best.
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Olivia Holmes
May 25, 2019
I love this book! So fun.
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Deirdre
Jun 25, 2019
A wonderful little tale of good overcoming evil
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Shannon Terrill
Sep 13, 2019
My third-grade teacher, Mrs. Bastian read this book to us in hallways and in-between classes because school was ending too quickly. I was as enthralled then as I am now following this story. And I loved seeing the movie Matilda in theaters when I was a kid - Mrs. Bastian took the whole class that year!! :)
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Debra Hanff
May 23, 2020
Everything by Roald Dahl should be on this list! Love his memoirs, too!
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Eli
Jan 29
Must read!
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Lee
Feb 1
A great story, read during my childhood.
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