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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780142410363
ISBN: 0142410365
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 5320
Studio: Puffin
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When James drops magic crystals by the peach tree, the toy peach starts growing, and before long, it’s as big as a house, with a secret entranceway.
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Rating:  - Marvelous tale, with the good and bad of Dahl
I remembered loving this book from my childhood and was happy to read it to my 5.5 year old girl. She enjoyed the whole story, from beginning to end, though she was a bit spooked in places. James' aunts are quite nasty, and the cloud people are very frightening. Dahl is from an older England--a place that could be mean and cruel to children. And so, Dahl's worlds are not always the happiest of places. This only means that the book might be best suited to children from age 7 or 8 on up.
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Rating:  - A Peachy Read For ALL Ages
Perhaps I should confess right up front that this review of what is popularly regarded solely as a children's book is being written by a 50+-year-old male "adult" who hadn't read a kids' book in many years. For me, Welsh author Roald Dahl had long been the guy who scripted one of my favorite James Bond movies, 1967's "You Only Live Twice," and who was married for 30 years to the great actress Patricia Neal. Recently, though, in need of some "mental palate cleansing" after a bunch of serious adult ... Read More
Rating: - James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach is such an exciting book!
It's about a boy named James who meets a man who has magic crystals. But on accident, he tripped and the crystals spilled all over the peach tree. Which never grew anything so the crystals made that one little peach and the only peach grow really big, so it was as big as the house.So one day he started to circle the peach and found an entrance that he could crawl in, so he did and he heard voices. He got scared, but he kept going and met ... Read More
Rating: - Like the Peach, this book is huge for children
As a volunteer reader to school children, I'm always searching for stories that hold their interest. JAMES and the GIANT PEACH is just the book to grab the little peoples' minds and promote the shining upturned faces that every storyteller loves to see. As James and his larger-than-life insect friends ride a wayward giant peach through many heartstopping adventures, I always sense that each listening child has latched onto the insect with characteristics most similar to their own self image and rides ... Read More
Rating: - Imaginative, funny, a great read!
Wonderful, fantastical adventure of a boy and his friends in a giant peach. Roald Dahl has written quite a number of books, and some of them are really more suited for older readers, due to difficulty of language and story theme. But this one I would definitely recommend as a first Roald Dahl book; suitable for all ages. In fact, I liked this even better than "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
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EAN: 9780142410363
ISBN: 0142410365
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 5320
Studio: Puffin