using this confrontation between Matilda and Miss Trunchbull as an example. This extract is from Chapter 14: The First Miracle. Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach' read by Bella Ramsey.

are both among Roald Dahl’s best. Dahl rewrote the whole thing and eventually arrived at the story we know and still love today, nearly three decades on. I was 14 in 1988, when Matilda came out ...

Roald Dahl is one of our absolute favourite authors; from The BFG, to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to Matilda, he brought us a plethora of bold and brilliant literary heroes during his ...

With 19 novels, not to mention poetry and film scripts, to his name, it's no surprise that Dahl was a massive fan of the written word. Here are nine of the best Roald Dahl quotes about books ...