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James and the Giant Peach

By Roald Dahl
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a delightful children's story about a young boy named James who embarks on a fantastical adventure. When a giant peach grows in his garden, it becomes the vessel for his journey, filled with whimsical characters like anthropomorphic insects. Together, they encounter imaginative landscapes and challenges, highlighting themes of friendship and courage.
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Delumptious deluxe hardbacks to celebrate Roald Dahl's centenary!

A splendiferous new hardback of James and the Giant Peach, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed colour cases, and exquisite endpaper designs.

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...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141361598

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 160

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books 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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