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James and the Giant Peach
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James and the Giant Peach

Written by Roald DahlAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Roald Dahl
Juvenile Fiction | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Hardcover | March 1996 | $16.00 | 978-0-679-88090-5 (0-679-88090-9)
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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film).  How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero to his new insect family, including Miss Spider, the Old-Green-Grasshopper, the Centipede (with his 21 pairs of gorgeous boots), is Dahl-icious fantasy at its best.


REVIEWS

"This newly-illustrated edition of an avowed children's favorite has all the makings of a classic match-up: Milne had Shepard, Carroll had Tenniel, and now Dahl has Smith...author and illustrator were made for each other, and it's of little consequence that it took almost 35 years for them to meet" --Kirkus.  


AWARDS

WINNER 1961 - Massachusetts Children's Book Master List