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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 1   mich_yms | Dec 26, 2009 |  I think this book is a great read for reluctant readers. The book never has a dull moment and Dahl’s humor makes this book an enjoyable read. I would probably not have this book in an Adventist classroom but I think it would be fine in the public school system. Warning: two swear words appear in this book. Also, like most of Dahl’s books the adults are mean and don’t treat James very nicely. (  )1 kmacneill | Dec 8, 2009 | James and the Giant Peach is a wonderful read for young children who are getting into chapter books. I enjoyed this book as well as the movie when I was younger. It starts with a boy named James whose parents were eaten by a rhinocerous and his life traveling across the world in a huge peach with quite a few characters. These characters are all huge but incredibly friendly bugs. James befriends all of these creatures and ends uo having the adventure of a lifetime and ridding himself of his awful aunts who had tortured him for a big part of his life. You'll fall in love and cant put this book down once started! 1 kris1990 | Dec 7, 2009 | James and the Giant Peach is a children's book written by British author, Roald Dahl. Originally published in 1961, James and the Giant Peach remains to be a favourite story amongst the younger generation these days, and like several other of Dahl's books James and the Giant Peach was adapted into a successful film in 1996. Obviously, I do not read children's books any longer as they do not interest me, however this particular story has remained with me even 'til now. Yeah, well I don't know the story by heart and haven't memorised each and every individual character, but I remember some key points some memorable characters of Roald Dahl's awesome imagination and remember it was the first real (when I say real I mean it's more advanced that Mr Men XD) book I ever read without any help. My sister lent it me when I was young, but I don't think she has it anymore, if she did I'd love to refresh my memory on it. Sorry I gave such a vague and basic review but I can't remember too well. If I find it again and re-read I promise to come back and re-review it :) (  )1 JordanLangston | Nov 30, 2009 | This book was first read to me back in third grade. I read it myself ten years ago and then read it aloud to Luke over the past week and a half for a bedtime tale. I had forgotten all about the Cloud-Men but remembered the rest of it well enough. Luke loved it. This is the fourth chapter book I've read to him since the end of May and I'm pretty jazzed by how much he enjoys stories. After finishing this classic (with his ears glued to every word) he said to me, "I want another chapter book!" (I've got a few in mind for the next read-aloud. Some newer tales.) ( )1 woodge | Nov 20, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (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 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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When James arrived at the core of the Giant Peach (it deserves to be given a proper noun status, it is, afterall, a character by itself!), I fell in love with all the other characters at once. Quentin Blake is one great illustrator.
And the Cloud-Men! Just thinking about whispy things up on the clouds, throwing balls of cloud down at us as hailstones and snow, painting bridges with the seven colours of the rainbow. It just reminded me of how I used to pray and hope to see those things, when I was still little and made stories as to how rain appeared, or why there is thunder.
Lovely, lovely story. (