I’m sorry, but I could never get into Roald Dahl’s works. I may watch “Charley And The Chocolate Factory” with Johnny Depp, but I was very disappointed in the version with whatshisname that was married to Gilda Radner. (How could I forget his name? I loved him in “Young Frankenstein!”)
Gene Wilder. He was great in The Producers with Zero Mostel, too.
I never succeeded in reading a book, either, but I haven’t tried in a long time.
“Matilda”, with Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito, is a pure delight. It’s narrated by DeVito, who plays her dysfunctional father.