About the Book

Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little--in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects--a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City. This happily ever after contemporary fairy tale is a twentieth-century classic that every child deserves to know. And Lane Smith's endearingly funny illustrations are a perfect match for the text.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 126 pages

Series: Not Applicable

Publisher: Puffin Books (Apr. 30th, 1996)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0140374248

ISBN-13: 9780140374247

Dimensions: 4.76 x 8.10 x 0.39 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.24 lbs

• Categories: Children's Fantasy & Children's Magic Books