Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach (A Play)(Puffin Books) (Paperback)

by Roald Dahl (Author), Richard R. George (Adapter) "MOTHER: Ohhhhh ... I don't believe it!..." (more)
Key Phrases: cut one side, Stage Uppers, Giant Peach, Queen Mary (more...)

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Product Description
A dramatization of James' adventures as he escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach. Includes suggestions for staging, easy-to-make costumes and scenery, and lighting procedures.

About the Author
Roald Dahl died in 1990 but his books continue to be worldwide bestsellers. Richard George was an American elementary school teacher when he adapted James and the Giant Peach as a school play. Roald Dahl loved it and wrote an introduction.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (August 25, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140314644
• ISBN-13: 978-0140314649
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #956,849 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars James and the Giant Peach, November 8, 2003

By	Linsey T Stone and Lacy Russell "linze905" (Jackson, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This was a great book full of adventure. James had a great life with his parents until they were eaten by a rhinoceros and he was forced to live with his two aunts. His aunts were very mean to him and he was not happy at all with them. One day he met a man who gave him a magic bag of beans. He dropped the bag on his way to his house. The beans caused the Peach Tree to grow very large. James' aunts charged people to come and see the giant peach. James found a hole in the peach and climbed in. Inside the peach James found giant bugs that would soon become his friends. James and the bugs left for an exciting journey inside of the peach.
We thought this book was a great book that was very hard to put down. The whole book left us wondering what would happen next to James. It was full of adventure and would be great to use in the fourth grade for Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An OK play but..., January 11, 2008

By	Beyond Ken (Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James and the Giant Peach: A Play (Paperback)

Although this is a perfectly adequate play for elementary schools to perform I was disappointed that it was so much shorter than the book and left out alot. The heavy use of a narrator to tell much of the story rather than the actors detracts from this adaptation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend Highly, December 28, 2004

By	Kristy Howard "Student" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

Roald Dahl has always been one of my favorite children's book authors. His books often are slightly dark, but triumphant in a way that remind you of Lemony Snicket and Harry Potter. In this tale, however, James is an orphan living with horrible aunts. He escapes his horrible existence when he climbs aboard a peach that keeps growing and growing. Delightful in that he gets to live in a peach, and everything in the peach including a worm gets to become James' size as well. Also recommended are Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and the Emily Cobbs Collection.