A brand-new, completely illustrated, full-color edition of Roald Dahl's beloved classic Matilda with all-new artwork by illustrator Sarah Walsh.
Matilda has been adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and a Netflix film!
This is Roald Dahl's beloved Matilda like you have never seen her before! Celebrated for fighting for what is right and for standing up to bullies and injustice, Matilda is a five-year-old genius with horrible, mean parents. Fortunately, she has a great time giving them what they deserve. But at school she meets Miss Trunchbull: two hundred pounds of kid-hating headmistress. Giving Miss Trunchbull what she deserves will take a superhuman genius! Readers will delight in seeing Matilda become the hero of her own story.
I missed this book the first time around because I was 10 when it was published and I was a bit precocious and never one to read at my grade level. I wish I hadn’t missed it! I’m a big Lemony Snicket fan, and it’s easy to see that he’s been influenced by Dahl. This is a little dark and violent, but quite enjoyable. Unfortunately, I enjoyed it more *before* Matilda develops her magical powers, when she was just a really smart child - though Miss Honey’s explanation at the end mitigates some of that. I’m looking forward to reading some more of Dahl’s works.
