Puffin made hundreds of changes to characters and language in Dahl's stories including making the Oompa-Loompas in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' gender neutral and calling Augustus Gloop enormous rather than fat.

With old folk tales and stories vanishing over time, the concern now is how to reignite the country's interest in children's literature.

More books will be donated to those in need despite its warehouse suffering tens of thousands in losses during the recent floods.

While most of them will be sent for recycling, it is still a blow to BookXcess founder Andrew Yap.

Fans of the boy wizard queue for hours in heavy rain to be among the first inside the three-story shop in Lower Manhattan.

Physical bookshops will be scarce in future as more reading Malaysians turn over digital pages.