Monday, July 1, 2013

Mailbox Monday - Nurse Matilda



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Title: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda
Author: Christianna Brand
Illustrated By: Edward Ardizzone
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (November 5, 2007)
Format: Hardcover; Pgs 382
Genre: Pre-Teen
Source: Paperbackswap. Com
Series: Nurse Matilda


Overview

The Brown children are terribly, terribly naughty - unbelievably naughty. All the nannies and nursery-maids and governesses in the directory are called upon to implement some kind of order in the house but, inevitably, they are soon driven to distraction and of course leave having had absolutely no positive effect on the children's indefatigable resource of mischief and anti-social conduct - all much to Mr and Mrs Brown's horror and dismay. But apparently there is one last resort... What you need is Nurse Matilda.

Nurse Matilda
Nurse Matilda Goes to Town
Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital

Nurse Matilda is the inspiration for the Nanny McPhee movies

2 comments:

The Reading Date said...

Nurse Matilda looks like a fun read. Enjoy!

Vicki said...

My grandkids (I do too) love the Nanny McPhee movies. I didn't know there were books too!
Here's My MM