Matilda (Audio book)

About the author

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

Summary

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This audio edition of Matilda is narrated by Daisy Ridley (Star Wars, Peter Rabbit), and is bursting with fantabulous sound effects.

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers.

These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.

Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind.

But her parents have decided she's just a nuisance who wastes too much time on reading and stories.

And her headmistress Miss Trunchbull is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up.

Now it's time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . .

© 1988 The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Product details

• Authors: Roald Dahl
• Assisted by: Quentin Blake (Illustration), Daisy Ridley (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: CD-Audio (Playing time: 4h 10min)
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780241680315
• ISBN: 978-0-241-68031-5
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 141 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 142 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction