‘Maytilda’ will be a month of events and activity featuring Dahl’s plucky schoolgirl It begins on 2 May with an event starring Miss Honey from the RSC’s acclaimed musical adaptation of Matilda. Booktrust has also announced the first month of Children’s Reading Fund activities with Waterstones who they will be working with for the next two years. One of the Fund’s aims is to help children in care have access to books, and it is this area that Waterstones will focus on, aiming to raise around £200K every year. The partnership will launch with various activities featuring one of the Fund’s ambassadors, Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Read more about the Maytilda events here.