One of the finest children’s authors of all time, Roald Dahl gave the world chocolate factories, dream catchers, talking spiders and scary witches. With each of these, he also gave us a story to fall ...

For a lot of young people, reading Matilda as a child was a life-defining experience. Matilda encouraged us all to start reading; the novel gave us a fantastic female role model; the story showed us ...

Growing up, I wasn't allowed to have a television in my room. The reason? My mom was concerned that watching too much TV would stop me from exploring the world of books. At the time, I was annoyed, ...

I'm reading Matilda to my five-year-old but my husband thinks she is too young and that we should wait until she is seven. Is five too young to enjoy Matilda? I hate to be the arbiter in a family ...

Sister Matilda Gargula, 102, of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of St. Francis, died at 4:10 p.m. of natural causes on Monday, July 8, 2013, at St. Joseph Villa, Mt. Alvernia, ...

Never have “revolting children” been so endearing as the youngsters in “Matilda the Musical,” a witty, arresting show about a book-loving young girl who uses imagination, intellect and language to ...