James and the Giant Peach Hb [Hardcover]

Roald Dahl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 1999

James has lived with his two beastly aunts ever since the day his parents were eaten up outside London Zoo by an angry escaped rhinoceros. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really horrible people. They make James do all the hard work and make his life a misery. Then something very peculiar happens.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Viking Childrens (October 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670885770
• ISBN-13: 978-0670885770
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,974,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to"a wonderful faraway place. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.The BFG is dedicated to the memory of Roald Dahls eldest daughter, Olivia, who died from measles when she was seven - the same age at which his sister had died (fron appendicitis) over forty years before. Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars james and the giant peach by danny and ellie, June 23, 2006

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ellie "ellie cameron" (london,england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James and the Giant Peach Hb (Hardcover)

This book is called James and the Giant Peach. The author is called Roald Dahl. This book is a great book for children who love fantasy stories and adventurous stories. This book is an excellent fiction book.
In the first plot outline James' Mother and Father died because of an escaping rhinoceros from the London zoo. While James was getting over the death of his mother and father James got told that he had to go and live with his two horrible aunts.
James has loads of friends called; Centipede, Earth Worm, Silk Worm, Grasshopper, Miss Spider, Glow Worm. James had a very bad relation ship with his two aunts and was very happy to escape.
I think you will have a lovely time reading this amazing book and it is a very funny book. This book is a great book for ages 10 and over. This book is not a good book for children under 5 years because of some of the hard vocabulary.
By Ellie and Danny