Matilda Award-winning by Roald Dahl (author) and Quentin Blake (illustrator)

Author/Illustrator

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933.

His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories.

His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt.

He wrote a number of books and short stories for adults, many of which were televised as the hugely popular Tales of the Unexpected.

But it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.” Millions of fans around the world agreed and have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!

From 1945 until his death, he lived at Gipsy House, in Buckinghamshire, where he wrote his famous children’s books. He died in hospital in Oxford, on November 23rd, 1990. His books have continued to be read and loved, and have been made into a number of hit films, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You can even visit the Roald Dahl Museum in the village where Dahl lived for most of his life.

In 2009 the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was established in his memory.

Reviews

1. TAHIRA
   on 14 January 2024

   MATILDA

   This book is awesom the sentences are so beautifully written and it improve our english vocalbury

   5 out of 5

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What kids think

1. RonnieA
   on 15 December 2021

   Love this book.

   4 out of 5

2. cherryblxossom
   on 20 October 2020

   A great book about a girl who has powers she doesn’t even know she could use.

   4 out of 5

3. trixiebell
   on 20 February 2020

   I love the book because it has so much imagination,and i love the part in which Matilda finds out she has magical powers and the the my top 4 characters that I think are sweet and kind are .Miss Honey .Lavender .

   5 out of 5

4. unicorngirl
   on 13 October 2018

   i even have the dvd

   5 out of 5

5. Casie321
   on 10 April 2018

   This book is brilliant! No wonder he gets celebrated as the best children’s author in the world ! I would rate it 100/10 if it was possible !

   5 out of 5

6. twobookworms2
   on 7 March 2018

   I love this book!! Matilda is like a friend to me now since I’m a bookworm too.

   5 out of 5