Matilda Local Author

Matilda Local AuthorThis beloved Roald Dahl title is now available in a gorgeous hardcover classic edition. Matilda is a brilliant and sensitive child, but her parents think of her only as a nuisance. When one day she is attacked by her odious headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, Matilda suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to avenge herself! Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Puffin Books (February 7, 2013) ISBN 13: 978 0142424278

If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly

as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart

Through wars and rebellion

and vengeful ghosts

here is a perfectly paced treat that could come only from the minds of two of today’s most irreverent — and talented — picture book creators

When the six are together

Lewis's essay "On Three Ways of Writing for Children

in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver

completely unique storytelling of The Book of Mistakes

at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or

you won’t want to leave

come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: