James and the Giant Peach

by Dahl, Roald
ISBN: 9780140374247
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From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG

Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little--in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects--a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

This happily ever after contemporary fairy tale is a twentieth-century classic that every child deserves to know. And Lane Smith's endearingly funny illustrations are a perfect match for the text.

"All the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight." --Kirkus Reviews

"A stunning book, to be cherished for its story, a superb fantasy." --The Chicago Tribune

"The most original fantasy that has been published in a long time... it] may well become a classic." --San Francisco Chronicle

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Dahl, Roald
  • ISBN: 9780140374247
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.60 x 0.40
  • Number Of Pages: 144
  • Publication Year: 1996

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  • Still the Best Dahl Book out there.

    lori N. - 4 years 11 months ago

    My grandson loved the adventure of James Henry Trotter. Dahl really knows his stuff. My grandson made me read it again. Not sure if he understood all the things going on in the story, but he listened and asked questions, mostly about the bugs. I think I'll read it to him again when he's a bit older. I was living my childhood again.