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Loading... James and the Giant Peach (1961)by Roald Dahl
 The_Hibernator | Jun 3, 2013 |  This was one of my favorite childrens' books! It made me feel like a more grown-up reader, for some reason, maybe becuase of the behavior of the aunts. (  ) dukefan86 | May 29, 2013 | Coming from the same author who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this is another wonderful book for students. In this book, James and his newly found friends travel the world on their giant peach. This is an exciting book for students to read as it shows true friendship come to life. (  ) crfonten | Apr 27, 2013 | James and The Giant Peach is an adventurous tale of a young boy who finds magic glowing worms that take him to another world where crickets play the violin, and meal worms are beatniks. This is a great way to help troubled kids get over whatever they're going through. Kids can learn that they can use their imagination to escape from their troubles. Lizziep | Apr 27, 2013 | A Banned Books Week choice: banned for racism, violence, mystical elements, encouraging bad behavior, revolting language among other things. Or maybe it's just a book about a kid, some insects and, um, a giant flying peach... Also I had completely forgotten about the Cloud Men! stevejwales | Apr 26, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0140374248, Paperback)When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years he becomes "the saddest and loneliest boy you could find." Then one day, a wizened old man in a dark-green suit gives James a bag of magic crystals that promise to reverse his misery forever. When James accidentally spills the crystals on his aunts' withered peach tree, he sets the adventure in motion. From the old tree a single peach grows, and grows, and grows some more, until finally James climbs inside the giant fruit and rolls away from his despicable aunts to a whole new life. James befriends an assortment of hilarious characters, including Grasshopper, Earthworm, Miss Spider, and Centipede--each with his or her own song to sing. Roald Dahl's rich imagery and amusing characters ensure that parents will not tire of reading this classic aloud, which they will no doubt be called to do over and over again! With the addition of witty black and white pencil drawings by Lane Smith (of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs fame), upon which the animation for the Disney movie was based, this classic, now in paperback, is bursting with renewed vigor. We'll just come right out and say it: James and the Giant Peach is one of the finest children's books ever written. (Ages 9 to 12)(retrieved from Amazon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:58:32 -0500) The story of a young boy's adventures as he travels across the Atlantic Ocean inside a giant peach in the company of giant insects. |
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This is another classic kids story that I read as a child and haven't picked up since. I'm glad I had a reason to pick it up again, because it was really funny and silly and it had a lot of nostalgia for me. Dahl has just the right amount of humor and whimsy in his books. :) (