Ah, the nostalgia. This classic film adaptation, directed and written by Lionel Jeffries, is now as iconic as E Nesbit’s…
Welcome to another instalment in the ‘time-travelling bookworm’ series! The random generator has landed on Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish by…
This is the most perfect book-to-screen adaptation I’ve seen. The screenwriter was the book’s author, Patrick Ness, which would explain…
This is an enchanting and heartwarming novel with a dreamlike atmosphere. There is something sparkling and wintry about it, perfect…
Roald Dahl famously disliked this musical adaptation of his 1964 book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. However, this film is…
Fairytale retellings are very on trend right now, but this book is something better. It’s a collection of new fairytales,…
I don’t remember ever reading this classic Dahl book before, although I used to watch the film a lot. I…
I wonder when hats stopped being an essential item of clothing? Maybe it was during the Second World War, that…
This is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel. Although it has won children’s book awards and been adapted for the screen,…
Roald Dahl’s book for children, The BFG, was published in 1982 and an animated film was released in 1989. I’m…