Matilda

The magical story of "Matilda" returns with a brand new cover design for a whole new generation of readers who have yet to discover Roald Dahl's wonders. Matilda is fed up with her parents who constantly belittle her, so together with her teacher Miss Honey she learns how to use her very special powers to prove them and her spiteful headteacher Miss Trunchball wrong... Sure to be popular due to the recent award-winning musical now showing in London. Ages: 8+

Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.