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James and the Giant Peach is a children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The first edition, published by Alfred Knopf, featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
- Roald Dahl, Nancy Ekholm Burkert
- 1961
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Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”. 1. First editions: 1.1. Knopf, 1961, USA. 1.1.1. Illustrated by:Nancy Ekholm Burkert 1.1.2. To identify: Five-line colophon found on the last printed page that includes the statements: Bound by H. Wolff Co. (later printings were bou...
A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter’s parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins t...
“Deconstructing the Peach: James and the Giant Peach as Post-Modern Fairy Tale” external“In Absentia Parentis: Confronting the Uncanny Orphan in Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach“ externalPenguin Readersis an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. Simplified story texts are combined with beautiful original illustrations for students aged 7 and above.
James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The plot centers on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs he meets.
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a children's adventure story about a boy that climbs inside a giant peach and makes new friends.
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A stunning 50th-anniversary deluxe edition of Roald Dahl’s beloved James and the Giant Peach, featuring —a new introduction by Aimee Bender, the New York Times bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
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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.
