*Contains the lyrics of a new song by Tim Minchin - written especially for the movie Matilda the Musical!* Read it before you see the movie - which will be released in cinemas in October, starring Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham, and Lashana Lynch. These books offer Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone. Matilda is a brilliant child with magical thinking. Her parents believe she is useless. And her headmistress, Miss Trunchball, is a terrible bully who thinks children are rotten and terrible and should be locked in cages. But it's time for Matilda to find the strength to change her story and show them how extraordinary children can be . . .

Pages: 384, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm