The Magic Finger

Sections: Information | Description | Teacher Ideas | Covers | Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Greek, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, and Vietnamese Covers

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Information

• First editions:
  • Harper & Row, 1966, USA.
  • Allen & Unwin, 1968, UK.
• Illustrated by: William Pene du Bois

• Related books:
  • Roald Dahl 15 Book Box Set
  • Roald Dahl’s Glorious Galumptious Story Collection
  • The Marvellous Roald Dahl Library
  • The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection 1
  • You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You: 20th Century Stories to Share
• Movies:
  • Four Enchanting Stories by Roald Dahl
  • Revolting Rhymes and The Enormous Crocodile
  • Roald Dahl’s Classic Tales
  • The Enormous Crocodile and The Magic Finger (1990)
  • The Magic Finger
• Theater:
  • The Magic Finger adapted by David Wood
• Audio Books:
  • 3 Favourite Stories read by Roald Dahl
  • 4 Favourite Stories read by Roald Dahl
  • 5 Favourite Stories read by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Four More Stories read by Roald Dahl
  • Der Magische Finger read by Cathlen Gawlich, Peter Fricke, Jörg Schüttauf, and more
  • The Enormous Crocodile and The Magic Finger read by Roald Dahl
  • The Magic Finger read by Anne Clements
  • The Magic Finger read by Roald Dahl
  • The Magic Finger read by Kate Winslet
  • The Magic Finger read by Helen Lederer
  • The Magic Finger & The Minpins read by Kate Winslet and Bill Bailey
  • The Magic Finger and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory read by Roald Dahl
  • The Roald Dahl Audio Collection read by Roald Dahl
  • The Roald Dahl Soundbook read by Roald Dahl
  • The Twits, The Minpins & The Magic Finger read by Richard Ayoade, Bill Bailey, and Kate Winslet

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Description

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?

To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it’s just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she’s very, very angry, the little girl’s Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it’s turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that’s just the beginning of their problems…

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Teacher Ideas

• The Magic Finger – Create a Character
  • PDF with activities related to developing imaginative and empathetic skills
• The Magic Finger – Decision Alley
  • PDF with activities related to debating the killing of wildlife for food or resources
• The Magic Finger – Transformation Tales
  • PDF with activity using imaginative skills to create a transformation tale based on the story

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Covers

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Bulgarian Covers – Вълшебният пръст

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Dutch Covers – De tovervinger

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French Covers – Le Doigt Magique

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Greek Covers – ΤΟ ΜΑΓΙΚΟ ΔΑΧΤΥΛΟ

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Korean Covers

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Norwegian Covers – Den Magiske Fingeren

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Russian Covers – Волшебный палец

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Slovakian Covers – Zázračný prst

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Spanish Covers – El Dedo Mágico

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Vietnamese Covers – Ngón tay thần kỳ