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The Magic Finger

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The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake

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By Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake

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1014 reviews

Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting.
Now it’s made her so angry she’s PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL. And very strange things have begun to happen . . .

And now you can listen to THE MAGIC FINGER (with THE MINPINS) and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry – plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!

Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.

Reviews

01 Aug 2026

I liked it when Mr and Mrs Gregg and William and Philip turned their surname into “Egg” instead of “Gregg”

31 Jul 2026

I think it’s bad to shoot animals. They deserved to be turned into ducks! The girl’s magic finger should not do that to people even if they deserve it, but maybe I wish I had a magic finger!

31 Jul 2026

I liked the girl because she has magic powers

30 Jul 2026

I really liked it, it was quite funny.

29 Jul 2026

I rated it 4 stars because it had a little girl who blasted out magic from her finger whenever she was angry, and I just thought that was expressing her feelings in a bad way.

27 Jul 2026

It was funny when the greegs family turned into a duck .

27 Jul 2026

It was awesome there was a magic finger

27 Jul 2026

I liked this book because it was so different. I didn’t like this book because it was completely bananas.

26 Jul 2026

If the family had stayed as birds it would have been a scary story.

26 Jul 2026

I liked the magic in it. The girl was my favourite person.

25 Jul 2026

I love how the message of this book was like what comes around goes around

25 Jul 2026

I like the cover

23 Jul 2026

It was fiction,I liked the girl,I liked it when they turned into birds

23 Jul 2026

It was funny because the people got wings and had to make a nest and almost got shot

22 Jul 2026

I think it was so short

20 Jul 2026

I liked how the girl saved the ducks from getting killed

18 Jul 2026

I like the girl has magic finger, because she is kind and emphatic, though she can not control her power when she is cross. But She taught the Gregg family a lesson by turning them to the birds they tried to hunt. So they can stand in bird's positions to feel and to be kind/empathic.
I will recommend it to others definitely

18 Jul 2026

I liked the girl with the magic finger, but I didn't like the bits where they killed animals.

17 Jul 2026

Jack really enjoyed this story. Humour is important to him as is magic so a perfect combination. Raced through it in a few sittings at school and home.

13 Jul 2026

I liked the 2 little boys

12 Jul 2026

I like this book because I like magic and the magic finger is my favourite thing in this book .

11 Jul 2026

I loved the book and I would recommend it

10 Jul 2026

i disliked it because it was a bit boring and it wasn't really a book i would like to read

09 Jul 2026

I liked Mrs Greg the most .I would recommend this book to someone else

04 Jul 2026

It was funny when they turned into birds and the birds turned into humans.

03 Jul 2026

The magic finger is very nice book for children who love to read and love imagination it was very fun to read it but it also has some words that I think would make it 8+

It would be nice to have some colours but I like the girl in the book who has and finger that is magical

30 Jun 2026

I wish I had a magic finger too. I would stop every person who is rude to my mummy .

26 Jun 2026

I thought it was good but it was a bit too ducky for me.
I would recommend it someone else

22 Jun 2026

I did not like that the Gregg family were trying to shoot at the ducks.

07 Jun 2026

The book was really good as it was very funny. My favourite part was when Mr gregg came out of his bed and he was small with wings.

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