James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
James Henry Trotter's parents have been eaten by a rhinoceros, so now he lives iwth his two repulsive aunts. One hot day something peculiar happens and an enormous peach grows in their garden. Soon James and the Giant Peach are rolling away from his horrible aunts, towards a most marvellous and wonderful place . .
Children's stories
148, [6] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
9780141349893, 9780141346311, 0141349891, 0141346310
821692777
The World's No. 1 Storyteller, Roald Dahl
Premiers reading challenge, 3-4
Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1961; London: Allen & Unwin, 1967