Clever and nice Matilda defies her parents’ view of her as stupid by getting herself to school as soon as she is five. Here, her deep love of reading propels her beyond the confines of her limited parents and fuels her curiosity about the world. Supported by the gorgeous Miss Honey Matilda blossoms; but all is not plain sailing as Matilda and Miss Honey have to deal with the formidable bullying headteacher  Miss Trunchbull whose punishments including force feeding pupils chocolate cake and other far nastier tortures. Roald Dahl’s larger than life school celebrates goodness over bullying as a way of encouraging children.

Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary child with thoroughly ordinary and rather unpleasant parents, who are contemptuous of their daughter's prodigious talents. But underestimating Matilda proves to be a huge mistake, as they, along with her vile headmistress Miss Trunchbull, are soon to discover...