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James and the Giant Peach Paperback – 7 Feb. 2013

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

4.8 7,968 ratings

Part of: Roald Dahl (8 books)

for school years 1–9

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"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams
The hugely popular story of James and his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends.

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Roald Dahl
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160 pages
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English
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12.9 x 0.9 x 19.8 cm
Publisher

Puffin
Publication date

7 Feb. 2013
ISBN-10

0141346310
ISBN-13

978-0141346311
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Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.

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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin (7 Feb. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141346310
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141346311
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 8 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 0.9 x 19.8 cm

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- 5,301 in Classics for Children

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The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author.

His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG.

He died in November 1990.

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Andrew Lugg

An amazing trip through the imagination

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2024

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I loved this book when I was a child and reading it again at 43 to another child and watching the excitement in their eyes is wonderful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2023

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A wonderful story. Loved by a 5 year old, 7 year old and 42 year old! A real classic. Everybody will love this story.

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Andrew

Entertaining from first to last page

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2020

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Roald Dahl's style has you entering into the character's shoes and living out his experience like it's your own, especially in this book and his other classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you loved that one you'll like this too, and if you liked this one you'll love that one.

One of the advantages of having children is that you get to enjoy reading the children's classics again, and pick up the subtleties you missed the first time.

Read to your kids, it's good for them and for you, and I'm addressing you dad's out there!

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Summer

Timeless classic, must read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2021

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I'd listened to Roald Dahl books as a child, my dad always read to me. Now I'm reading them to my kids and the stories are still gripping, funny and so descriptive. They always ask me to keep reading at the end of a chapter, always eager to find out what happens next. It's a lovely time to spend with them and stirring their imagination. If you have kids, Roald Dahl books should be top of the list

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It's a book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2024

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It's a book you can't really go wrong if it's what the kids want

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2022

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Always loved Roald Dahl as a child and my girls have the same love for reading as I do. Bought this to add to my 7 year olds collection and she absolutely loves it. Great bedtime reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2022

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Bought this for my son as he’s currently reading it in school and I wanted him to get the Roald Dahl books and DVDs

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Reading to grandchild

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2022

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I downloaded this book as I read his paper copy to my grandson over Christmas which we both enjoyed. I can now read to him via Skype while he looks at his book. It is a good way to be connected and remain part of his happiness.

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AT7

Pretty good children's book

Reviewed in Canada on 8 March 2024

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- I'm reading into this but tiny insects that can make a difference for children to relate to that they are small but can make a difference too
- I like explanation of how we get our weather like hail and a rainbow and I love the songs and the artoekt awesome too

Muhammad Imad Qureshi

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Reviewed in the United States on 11 December 2021

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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake is a great book if you want to be entertained, or are starting to read chapter books. This book, published in 1961, is one of the most famous books worldwide to this day. It is a fictional-fantasy story and has a child-friendly plot. I would say the book is good for anyone from 8 to 14 years old.

James and the Giant Peach is a very descriptive book and makes it easy to imagine the scenes. This story starts off in London, England, in the countryside in James’s aunt’s house. Later on, James meets bugs inside the peach. The peach then ends up in the Atlantic Ocean and arrives in America.

James is the protagonist. His friends are giant bugs named Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Earthworm, Spider, and Ladybug. Although these bugs can be impatient, they cooperate with James and are friendly to him.

James is a curious orphan who was trapped with his cruel aunts for many years. One day, his aunts went to their garden and found an enormous peach on one of the trees. The aunts locked him outside of the house for some time as punishment, and that's when he spotted the giant peach. He examined the peach and found a big hole. Big enough for James to fit in it. He stepped into the hole and found the seed of the peach. The seed of the peach opened. James went inside where he met his future friends. Unfortunately, not after long, the peach started rolling, and rolling, and rolling. And that’s how his adventure begins.

James and the Giant Peach is filled with descriptive scenes and vivid words like “hurtled” or “plunged” which makes the book fun to read. It is very easy to imagine and feels like you're in the story itself. This novel is similar to other Roald Dahl books such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Both books are easy to picture and have fun words in them such as “scrumptious”, “delectable”, or “enraptured”. The common theme can be that karma comes around.

Even though James was treated poorly by his aunts, he doesn’t become bitter or mean spirited. He still helped out the bugs. This shows that you can help out people and make friends even when it seems like you can’t. The theme of James and the Giant Peach relates to my life when I switched schools in fifth grade. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make friends or have fun. Soon someone did end up making friends with me, and then I had hope about making more friends. In just a little bit of time, I was having a lot of fun during recess and had many friends.

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Sanju bala

Loved it

Reviewed in India on 9 February 2024

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Must have this book. It is very good. Must gift your children

Susan

Very nice but printed in orange ink

Reviewed in Spain on 18 February 2021

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The book is a very nice average-size hardback edition. However, I was quite surprised to open it and see that the entire book has been printed with an orange ink. Or is a PEACH color they are aiming for? I mention this because it is just a bit more difficult on the eyes for reading, especially if your sight is impaired. Otherwise the book is great.

Nicole Rodrigues

Falta de informação

Reviewed in Brazil on 3 October 2019

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Fiquei bem decepcionada porque em nenhum momento foi informado que seria uma espécie de edição econômica. O livro não tem orelha e as páginas são tipo um jornal, bem escuras.

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