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.

Matilda to Alice in Wonderland - THE LIST: The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention ...

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.

We all have cherished memories of the books we read and shared as children. Big friendly giants, honey-loving bears, hungry caterpillars, iron men: these figures populate the vivid imaginary ...