Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself

Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.