We all have cherished memories of the books we read and shared as children ... thoroughly imbued into the popular imagination ...

The 9-year-old from St Mary’s Canossian School praises the book for its captivating storytelling and vibrant language.

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.

The book and the eponymous heroine ... I fell on it and devoured it as feverishly as Matilda did her precious contraband (in her profoundly anti-reading family) from the library.