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Suitable for 7 - 8 years

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“A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero” – David Walliams

From the world’s NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER, James and the Giant peach is a children’s classic that has captured young reader’s imaginations for generations.

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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Catalogue number

166 in ROW Primary January 2021 and 6135 in Books and Resources for Schools 2021

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141365459

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

February 4th, 2016

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  • 160 pages

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Author/Illustrator

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933.

His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories.

His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt.

He wrote a number of books and short stories for adults, many of which were televised as the hugely popular Tales of the Unexpected.

But it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.” Millions of fans around the world agreed and have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!

From 1945 until his death, he lived at Gipsy House, in Buckinghamshire, where he wrote his famous children’s books. He died in hospital in Oxford, on November 23rd, 1990. His books have continued to be read and loved, and have been made into a number of hit films, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You can even visit the Roald Dahl Museum in the village where Dahl lived for most of his life.

In 2009 the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was established in his memory.

Reviews

  1. ilovebooks
    on 7 November 2020

    Fabulous!!

    I read this book as a six year old and I absolutely loved it! I laughed out loud several times and (being a six year old) got really scared too! There is so much imagination in it, which is what makes it so amazing! This was one of the books that completely turned me into a bookworm!

    5out of 5

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  1. PN
    on 7 November 2020

    I think that this book was amazing, full of adventures and fantastic characters with fun names and a giant peach.

    5out of 5

  2. zar-lovebooks
    on 27 May 2018

    i have given this a five because i really like the story.

    5out of 5