EXHIBIT 23.1

                            INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report dated May
25, 2000 relating to the supplemental consolidated balance sheets of Dollar
Tree Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related supplemental consolidated income statements, statements of
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in Dollar Tree
Stores, Inc.'s Form 8-K filing dated July 12, 2000. The supplemental
consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the merger of
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. and Dollar Express, Inc. which occurred on May 5,
2000.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report
January 24, 2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Dollar
Tree Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related consolidated income statements, statements of shareholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1999 of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Norfolk, Virginia
July 12, 2000