Waterstones Children's Book of the Month

Waterstones Children's Book of the Month

Matilda by Roald Dahl The Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for May is Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Roald Dahl's favourite powerful magic heroine, Matilda, turns 25 this year. To celebrate this the book has been republished in a glorious, large, full-colour edition with the complete text of the original book and Quentin Blake's original illustrations.

Getting more children reading, particularly those without access to books, is something we all see the value in. Waterstones are Founding Partners for Booktrust's Children's Reading Fund and have selected the Fund as their charity partner for 2013.

Florentyna Martin introduces the magic of "Maytilda" and the myriad of marvellous events taking place in our bookshops across the country in support of our new charity partner: the Children’s Reading Fund... Read the full post on our blog.

Find the book in your local Waterstones or Reserve & Collect a copy on Waterstones.com today >


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