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James and the Giant Peach (Colour Edition)

By Roald Dahl
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James and the Giant Peach is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship featuring a young boy named James who escapes his miserable life with his cruel aunts through a magical peach. As the peach grows to an enormous size, James embarks on a fantastical journey across the ocean, accompanied by an unusual group of insect friends, encountering various challenges and wonders along the way. This vibrant and imaginative story combines whimsy with lessons about courage and companionship.
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You might enjoy this colourful edition if you love imaginative adventures filled with delightful and peculiar characters. It’s a classic choice for young readers who enjoy tales that combine fantasy, friendship, and a touch of whimsy, with vibrant illustrations bringing the story to life.

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James and the Giant Peach (Colour Edition)

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James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled, and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching. He's very lonely until one day something peculiar happens.

At the end of the garden, a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW. Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure. But where will they go in their GIANT PEACH and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way?

There's only one way to find out...

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James and the Giant Peach (Colour Edition) by Roald Dahl is praised for its imaginative storytelling and vivid illustrations. Readers appreciate the whimsical adventure and Dahl's ability to engage children with the charming and sometimes bizarre tale. The colour edition is particularly noted for enhancing the visual experience, making it even more appealing to young readers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141369358

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Illustration: Full colour

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 264.0mm

Weight: 473g

Pages: 132

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Roald Dahl Young Adult

About the Author

Roald Dahl (Author) Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER. Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

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