James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl - Books - Puffin - 9780140374247 - April 1, 1996
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James and the Giant Peach Film Tie-in edition

Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach Film Tie-in edition

A little magic can take you a long way...

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

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 1, 1996
ISBN13 9780140374247
Publishers Puffin
Pages 144
Dimensions 130 × 193 × 10 mm   ·   113 g
Language English  
Contributor Lane Smith

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