{"product_id":"matilda-special-edition","title":"Matilda (Special Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero\" - David Walliams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatilda is the world's most famous bookworm, no thanks to her ghastly parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe's the worst of all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe's a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDespit\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ee these beastly grownups trying to push her down, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a magical mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd she's had enough.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo all the terrible adults had better watch out, because she's going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow you can listen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoald Dahl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he turned down the idea of university in favour of a job that would take him to \"a wonderful faraway place.\" In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuentin Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003ePatrick\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968 and was followed by classics such as \u003ci\u003eMister Magnolia\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e All Join In\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClown\u003c\/i\u003e. He is best known for illustrating Roald Dahl’s books. A patron of the Association of Illustrators, he was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980 and the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, and was the inaugural British Children’s Laureate from 1999 to 2001.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003eAuthor: Roald Dahl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003eIllustrator: Quentin Blake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__value\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003eProduct dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__value\"\u003e384 pages, 7.76 X 5.07 X 0.99 in\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__value\"\u003eMarch 29, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__value\"\u003ePenguin Uk\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"detail-product-specs__item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"detail-product-specs__label\"\u003eRecommended  for ages 7-11.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42595212984576,"sku":"9780241558317 R9.35","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/1937\/9100\/products\/9780241558317.jpg?v=1648918232","url":"https:\/\/playfulmindstoys.ca\/products\/matilda-special-edition","provider":"Playful Minds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}