| James and the Giant Peach Contributor(s): Dahl, Roald (Author), Smith, Lane (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140374248 ISBN-13: 9780140374247 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: When magic touches an old peachtree, strange things start happening. A giant peach grows as large as a house, and when James crawls inside, the adventure begins. Lane Smith has created wonderful new illustrations based on the characters in the new full-length movie from Disney. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88042879 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.25 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 232 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |