James and the Giant Peach

Author: Roald Dahl

Language: English

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Dimensions: 5.75 x 0.63 x 8.5 inches

ISBN-10: 375814248

ISBN-13: 978-0375814242

Publication Date: September 10, 2002

Print Length: 160 pages

Description: 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. “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.