Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Matilda

Matilda
Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
ISBN-13: 9780141311364
ISBN-10: 0141311363
Publication Date: 4/5/2001
Pages: 240
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
We're sorry, our database doesn't have book description information for this item. Check Amazon's database -- you can return to this page by closing the new browser tab/window if you want to obtain the book from PaperBackSwap.

Top Member Book Reviews

reviewed Matilda on
Helpful Score: 3
I was over 60 when I discovered Roald Dahl and this is my favorite book by him. With all the books being written nowadays that seem to want to rub young people's noses in the grim realities of life, there is a place for Dahl's sort of fantasy, in which right wins out for a happy ending. There is something very satisfying in Dahl's savage, yet humorous, treatment of hateful people of all sorts.
reviewed Matilda on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Easy, fun and super cute! I would definitely recommend this for younger kids!
reviewed Matilda on + 3352 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I began reading Roald Dahl's books as an adult. I really love them. This is quite possibly his very best. Little Matilda is ignored by family but puts it all to good use to become a genius and maybe something more. Dad's hat gets superglued to his head and his black hair turned platinum. Mom is sure there are ghosts in the house. But the fun really starts when gestapo type school headmistress Miss Trunchbull thinks she can bully Matilda and her friends.
anggbby avatar reviewed Matilda on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I love this book.
No matter what age, Matilda is always a great read.
Jennmarie68 avatar reviewed Matilda on + 217 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I read this book when I was in 4th grade and I loved it then.

Anytime I feel down or upset I will pick it up and read some of it. So I've probably only read the book cover to cover 10 or so times but it's probably my favorite story ever. I;ve read parts of it so much that my copy is falling apart. Scotch tape works wonders....

I find it hard to critique this book as it is one of my favorites and when I read it I just get lost in the story. I think that being it's one of the books that has stayed with me from childhood I have a very special bond with the characters in this book.
Read All 39 Book Reviews of "Matilda"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

reviewed Matilda on
This was one of my favorites as a kid. When I was little, I wanted to be Matilda. Maybe that's why I read so much now. I recently re-read it as a "grown up" and found I loved the story and characters even more. A great book for childern and adults, Matilda is lightheard, but also touches on some deep themes and I think deep down we all wish we had her abilities.
reviewed Matilda on + 5 more book reviews
This is a wonderfully funny book that children and adults can both enjoy. The pranks that she pulls on people are funny and ingenious!! It becomes even funnier when you know they deserve it too!!!
reviewed Matilda on + 49 more book reviews
A lovely book by the genius writer, Roald Dahl. This book is a sure favorite for children everywhere! Matilda is a bookworm in a tv watchers world. Perhaps you can relate? Very creative and great imagery.
reviewed Matilda on + 3352 more book reviews
Roald Dahl's great classic about a misunderstood little girl with genius propensities and magical qualities.
reviewed Matilda on
Ahh what a classic. this book about an overly smart girl in a family of crooks and cheaters! When she find she has powers she is sooo surprised she uses them for evil will. great book moive too.
reviewed Matilda on + 37 more book reviews
Another must-read for elementary school-aged children... Roald Dahl is singularly my favorite author from my childhood.
reviewed Matilda on + 48 more book reviews
Wonderful book which will appeal to children or adults.
reviewed Matilda on + 21 more book reviews
About a girl named Matilda who has unconcerned parents, and an annoying brother named Michael who follows after his father. At her school there is a horrible Head Mistress named Miss Trunchbull that doesn't like small children, but Matilda get even with her magic.
reviewed Matilda on + 3 more book reviews
Good book.
reviewed Matilda on + 33 more book reviews
Winner of the Childern's Book Award