Matilda

by: Roald Dahl
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Miss ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.

She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. {cover copy}
So I have seen this movie like a hundred times. I love it and always have. But I must admit that this was my first time ever reading the story! Crazy. I know. But it is what it is. And I'm not sure what it is exactly, but there's something I love so much about the movie that I actually can't say that the book was better in this case. There seems to be a bit more suspense and higher stakes in certain parts with the movie. Perhaps that is what it is. Plus, Danny DeVito is fantastic. But i digress. I still really enjoyed this book and I will 100% be reading this one to Madeline when we start chapter books! I know she will love it.

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. {first line}
"She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room..."

"I'm wondering what to read next. I've finished all the children's books."

"The whole object of life ... is to go forwards."


• distance • {last word}