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The Magic Finger

Roald Dahl

First published August 1966
Type Short Fiction

<ul> <li>"Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them." --{{LCCN|66-18657}} (US 1966) <li>"A little girls' rage causes her magic finger to change abruptly the situation of a family who loves to hunt--and they change their views on the sport." --{{OCLC|426226196}} <li>"Have you ever heard of a girl with a magic finger? She is very unusual - when someone makes her angry, and when she just can't stop herself, she flashes a punishment on them with a magic flashing finger! The results are fantastic, magical and very funny." --{{OCLC|59152594}} <li>"The Gregg family loves hunting, but their eight-year-old neighbor can't stand it. After countless pleas for them to stop are ignored, she has no other choice -- she has to put her magic finger on them. Now the Greggs are a family of birds, and like it or not, they're going to find out how it feels to be on the other end of the gun." --{{OCLC|925985735}} (UK 1977) </ul>


Published 1966 in the US, not until 1968 in the UK --reported by multiple WorldCat records of later eds., eg {{OCLC|59152594}}

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1966 The Magic Finger Harper & Row Chapbook
1968 The Magic Finger George Allen & Unwin Chapbook
September 1974 The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
1983 The Magic Finger Harper Trophy Chapbook
1985 El dedo mágico Alfaguara Chapbook
June 1989 The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
September 1989 Cover The Magic Finger Unwin Hyman Chapbook
April 1991 The Magic Finger Collins Chapbook
1993 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
1995 Cover The Magic Finger Viking Chapbook
1995 Cover El dedo mágico Círculo de Lectores Chapbook
1997 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Chapbook
September 1998 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Chapbook
December 2007 The Magic Finger Galaxy Chapbook
April 2008 The Magic Finger Paw Prints Chapbook
September 2008 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
September 2008 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
October 2008 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
January 2009 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
September 2009 Cover Roald Dahl's Glorious Galumptious Story Collection Puffin Omnibus
January 2010 Cover The Magic Finger Perfection Learning Chapbook
February 2013 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
May 2013 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
May 2014 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
February 2016 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
June 2016 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
September 2016 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
November 2016 Cover Roald Dahl's Glorious Galumptious Story Collection Puffin Omnibus
November 2016 Cover Roald Dahl's Glorious Galumptious Story Collection Puffin Omnibus
November 2022 Cover The Magic Finger Puffin Chapbook
June 2023 Cover The Magic Finger Listening Library Chapbook