Matilda

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593203372
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.

Princess Matilda

Author:
Publisher: Parragon Publishing
ISBN: 9781445402796
Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A little girl named Matilda spends her time playing the roles of a beautiful princess, an angry witch, a clown, and a butterfly.

What If It's Us

Author: Becky Albertalli
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062795244
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
A New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller! Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in this smart, funny, heartfelt collaboration about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together—or pulling them apart. ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. BEN thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them . . . ? Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited. But what if they can’t nail a first date even after three do-overs? What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work and Ben doesn’t try hard enough? What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play? But what if it is? What if it’s us? Plus don't miss Here's to Us! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in What If It’s Us.

Matilda

Author: Catherine Hanley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300245068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309

Book Description
A life of Matilda—empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the first woman ever to hold the position—and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda’s achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda's campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.

Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook

Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545633192
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
Stacey and the Baby-Sitters investigate a spooky old house in this mystery from the classic hit series. To a New York City girl like Stacey, the fact that an old—supposedly haunted—house in Stoneybrook is being torn down is no big deal. But then her friend Kristy discovers the house was built on a graveyard, and when Stacey sees a horrible face in one of the windows, she wonders if the house really could be haunted! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Dancing Matilda

Author: Sarah Hager
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060514523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
This rhyming story follows a gleefully energetic kangaroo through her dancing day with a rhythm so infectious, readers will want to get up and dance themselves. Full color.

Where Am I Now?

Author: Mara Wilson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698407016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." —NPR's "Guide To 2016’s Great Reads" “Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight.” —Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City Named a best book of the month by GoodReads and Entertainment Weekly A former child actor best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from what she learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer “cute” enough for Hollywood, these essays chart her journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. They also illuminate universal struggles, like navigating love and loss, and figuring out who you are and where you belong. Candid, insightful, moving, and hilarious, Where Am I Now? introduces Mara Wilson as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up female.

The Matilda Effect

Author: Ellie Irving
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0552568376
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn’t win the school science fair, she’s devastated – especially as the judges didn’t believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl. When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself – an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked – her boss, Professor Smocks, stole her discovery for himself. And he's about to be presented with a Nobel Prize. Matilda concocts a plan. They'll crash the award ceremony and tell everyone the truth! So begins a race against time - and against Matilda's strict mum and dad! - on a journey through Paris, Hamburg and Stockholm, and on which they encounter a famous film star, a circus, and a wanted diamond thief...

Nurse Matilda

Author: Christianna Brand
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526614839
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description

Hans and Matilda

Author: Yokococo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848772311
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Matilda is a very good girl. She likes to sit quietly and read or water her flowers. Hans is very naughty - he makes too much noise, squirts people with his water pistol and daubs graffiti When Hans lets the animals out of the zoo, a reward is offered for his capture. Matilda tells the police where he will be.