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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Like probably most people on this website, this was a childhood favourite of mine. Having been moved up a year in school early on and reading a lot more than most of my peers, Matilda was (and, let's face it, still is...) one of my heroes. I read this book so, so, so many times, possible even more than Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and was definitely a firm favourite. I could go on all day here about loving it as a kid, but let's face it; you all understand.
I couple of months ago - about ten years since last reading the book - I saw the West End play. The play expands a lot more on, and gives a lot more emphasis to, Miss Honey's back story, and I have to say that after seeing the show (which is brilliant - would definitely recommend!) I had a new-found hatred of Miss Trunchbull. It's unsurprising really; when we read things as a child, things go over our heads. I still can't believe that I spent so many years laughing at the Dursleys, who I now have a... somewhat different opinion of. So, I went back to the book, reading it through different eyes; as someone who, rather than being the quiet, mathematical book-lover in the corner, had now been the teacher (or, in my case, teaching assistant) who loved to talk to those kids, recommend books, and discuss our favourite characters and stories. (It was a rather sobering realisation that I am now much closer in age to Miss Honey than to Matilda...) The story still held all the same magic that it did for me 10 years ago, only with that bit more depth to some different characters than before. I think that is the mark of a brilliant children's book - something that you can go back to time and time again, all at different stages of life, and take something new from.
A book I will definitely cherish for ever, and either as a parent or teacher pass down to the next generation. And hopefully I won't leave it another 10 years for another re-read!
Like probably most people on this website, this was a childhood favourite of mine. Having been moved up a year in school early on and reading a lot more than most of my peers, Matilda was (and, let's face it, still is...) one of my heroes. I read this book so, so, so many times, possible even more than Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and was definitely a firm favourite. I could go on all day here about loving it as a kid, but let's face it; you all understand.
I couple of months ago - about ten years since last reading the book - I saw the West End play. The play expands a lot more on, and gives a lot more emphasis to, Miss Honey's back story, and I have to say that after seeing the show (which is brilliant - would definitely recommend!) I had a new-found hatred of Miss Trunchbull. It's unsurprising really; when we read things as a child, things go over our heads. I still can't believe that I spent so many years laughing at the Dursleys, who I now have a... somewhat different opinion of. So, I went back to the book, reading it through different eyes; as someone who, rather than being the quiet, mathematical book-lover in the corner, had now been the teacher (or, in my case, teaching assistant) who loved to talk to those kids, recommend books, and discuss our favourite characters and stories. (It was a rather sobering realisation that I am now much closer in age to Miss Honey than to Matilda...) The story still held all the same magic that it did for me 10 years ago, only with that bit more depth to some different characters than before. I think that is the mark of a brilliant children's book - something that you can go back to time and time again, all at different stages of life, and take something new from.
A book I will definitely cherish for ever, and either as a parent or teacher pass down to the next generation. And hopefully I won't leave it another 10 years for another re-read!