James and the Giant Peach was written by Roald Dahl and was illustrated by Lane Smith. It was first published in 1961.You can find this book in any library that offers books by Roald Dahl.James Henry Trotter lived a peaceful life until he was four years old. His parents were killed and poor James went to live with two cruel aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. At age 7, James finds magic crystals. These crystals create a giant peach as big as a house! The two greedy aunts charge people to see the peach. James was locked in his room.
After the day's commotion, James got locked out of his own home. He finds a hole in the giant peach with a door at the end. Upon opening the door, James meets many wonderful creatures. The peach stem snaps; and with his new-found friends, James set off on an adventure! What happens next you will have to find out yourselves in Roald Dahl's classic James and the Giant Peach !
James was a peach of a guy, but his house was the pits! I wonder if he enjoyed his stop at the chocolate factory as much as Varuca Salt?
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but I think James liked it more than Varuca!
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