We all have cherished memories of the books we read and shared as children ... thoroughly imbued into the popular imagination. 14. Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988) I’m willing to bet that after ...

I think Matilda showed me reading has the power to heal; and that sharing books, whether in my parents always giving in to my insatiable appetite for more novels, or in passing those I’d read on ...

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 ...