The Reader of Books
by Roald Dahl (Mulberry)
Unscrambled the jumbled words to complete the wise words of a wise words of a wise writer, Dr Seuss.
The more that you adre, the more things you will kwon.
The more that you nearl, the more cespla you'll og.
= The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Quick answers
1. The people in a story are called characters. Name four characters we read about in this story.
= The four characters we read about in this story, are - i) Matilda, ii) Mr Wormwood, iii) Mrs Wormwood, and iv) Mrs Phelps.
2. Write (T) or false (F) for the sentences given below.
a. Matilda was a noisy child. [F]
b. Matilda was a spoiled child. [F]
c. Matilda was polite. [T]
d. Matilda understood everything that she read. [F]
Reference to context
3. "At the age of four, she naturally began wanting books."
a. Who began wanting books?
= Matilda began wanting books.
b. What could she do before the age of four?
= Before the age of four, she had thought herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house.
c. How did she read the only book in the house?
= She read the only book - Easy Cooking from cover-to-cover and learnt all the recipes by heart.
4. "I'm wondering what to read next," said Matilda."
a. Where was Matilda?
= Matilda was in the public library in the village.
b. Why was she wondering what to read next?
= She was wondering what to read next because she had read every single children's book in the library, she started wandering round in search of something else.
c. Who helped her choose another book?
= Mrs Phelps helped her choose another book.
Read, reflect and write
5. Why do you think the children's books were on the lower shelves of the library?
= I think the children's books were on the lower shelves of the library because of the short height of the children. They can easily reach up to the lower shelves.
6. What did Matilda do whenever she visited the library?
= Matilda visited the library only once a week in order to take out new books and return the old ones.
7. How did Mrs Phelps help Matilda become a better reader?
= On the first day in the library, Mrs Phelps helped Matilda to get the children's books. Matilda read all the children's book. She was wandering what to read next. She was looking for a book for grow-ups. Then Mrs Phelps suggested her to read the Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. With Mrs Phelps help, she read lots and lots of famous books. She also learnt to borrow books from the library by the help of Mrs Phelps.
8. The story tells us that through the stories she read, Matilda travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in a village. How can we travel through a story?
= The story tells us that through the stories she read, Matilda travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in a village. Books tell about various countries. We can know about different countries by reading books sitting in our home.
About the Author :
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British writer and a poet. He was also a pilot in the Air Force. He once said, 'If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.'