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James and the Giant Peach (Paperback) (平装)
by Roald Dahl (Author) , Lane Smith (Illustrator)
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Fiction, Ages 9-12, Chidren's books |
| Market price: ¥ 98.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
First appeared in 1961 this book remains a classic over thirty years later, reaching new generations with its broad fantasy with all the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight. |
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Kristy Howard (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
Roald Dahl has always been one of my favorite children's book authors. His books often are slightly dark, but triumphant in a way that remind you of Lemony Snicket and Harry Potter. In this tale, however, James is an orphan living with horrible aunts. He escapes his horrible existence when he climbs aboard a peach that keeps growing and growing. Delightful in that he gets to live in a peach, and everything in the peach including a worm gets to become James' size as well. Also recommended are Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and the Emily Cobbs Collection. |
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Matt Hetling (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
James Trotter is the kind of boy whose life is so miserable that it makes me think Harry Potter should quit complaining about the Dursleys. James's legal guardians, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, are so cruel that they think nothing of administering a beating, or leaving James in the bottom of a well overnight.
But young Trotter's life takes a turn for the better, or at least the more exciting, when he bobbles a bag of magical crystals that create a giant peach and a cast of enormous insects living inside it. Before long, James is on a wonderful adventure across the ocean, seeking happiness in a world that has been far too cruel to him to date.
This is one of the best Dahl stories ever, ranking right up there with Danny Champion of the World and The BFG. The major plot turns and the tiny details are so well done that the reader is completely engrossed, from beginning to end. Scenes involving sharks and seagulls are thrilling, and the prose is littered with funny rhymes and songs that a child will enjoy hearing read aloud.
My edition is illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, and I have to say that her drawings are some of the best I've ever seen in a children's book. I did enjoy the movie that came out a few years ago, but the book is better by far, so you might want to read the book first.
This is a guaranteed good time for any reluctant child reader. It's also a great read for adults. |
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Adam (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
This book was an absolute page-turner and I couldn't put it down. It didn't take a long time to read and each page filled my head with so many scenes of magic. It will take you on a beautiful journey with James, his animal friends, and their enormous peach! This book is filled with great fun, everyone should read it atleast once! |
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Amy Graham (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
We do seem to love the story of a child whose life is so miserable that it begs for a magical rescue and an exciting, dangerous and hair raising adventure. In James and the Giant Peach we meet one James Henry Trotter, one of these very same children who like his predecessors and successors (Harry Potter, Cinderella, Those Lemony Snickett Children, Hansel & Gretel, ect...) is leading a desperate and miserable life with is two wicked aunts... his parents were eaten by a wild, rampaging rhinoceros (naturally). On one particularly bad day, Henry hides behind some bushes and meets a strange old man who gives him some magic crystals (green glowing pellet things), which he is supposed to drink (mixed with water and ten of his own hairs), but of course he promptly trips and spills them on the ground under an ancient and withered peach tree.
James is crushed when the crystals wiggle into the ground and are lost forever (or so he thinks)...but as with all magic, that's not the end of the story.... it is merely the beginning. Shortly thereafter, the tree grows the most enormous peach ever and the aunts are in the green, selling admission to the general public... but that money and fame doesn't make them any nicer and James winds up locked outside, where he discovers a hidden tunnel to the center of the peach! Luckily for him the crystals have made quite the team for him to embark on an adventure with... the cantankerous Worm, the pest of a centipede, the wonderful Ms. Spider, the loveable lady bug, a glow worm, a silk worm, and an old grasshopper! In short order, the free the giant peach from its branch, roll over the aunts and are on the way to a whole big adventure!
Dahl is always a treat, and his books stand up to the test of time... kids always seem to love a good evil guardian gets what they deserve while the miserable child gets to shine for the good hearted, hero he is and have a grand adventure too! You'll have to read the book if you want to find out what happens to James and his gang once the peach gets rolling... you know you want to! James and the Giant Peach is still a strange and twisted tale that is fun for children of all ages! We highly recommend it! |
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Stacey (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
James and the Giant Peach is the story of Henry James Trotter a seven-year-old boy who escapes from the oppressive home of two cruel and abusive aunts on a fantastically large peach. Onboard the giant peach, James befriends a ladybug, caterpillar, grasshopper, spider, earthworm, glowworm and silkworm, all of whom have been transformed to human size when James drops a bag of magic "green things" near the base of an old peach tree at Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker's home. The rice-sized green things were given to James by a strange old man who appears mysteriously and warns him that he must not let the green things escape because "Whoever they meet first, be it bug, insect, animal, or tree that will be the one who gets the full power of their magic!"
The adventure really gets moving when James wakes the next morning to find a giant peach growing from the old tree. It doesn't stop growing until it's as large as a house. His mean aunts want to use the giant peach for profit by selling tickets, but James and his insect friends decide to break away from the tree and set out on their own. In doing so, they flatten Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker who get in the way, and then the peach rolls off of a cliff and lands in the ocean. Once at sea, James and his friends encounter sharks, a flock of seagulls (which they manage to tie to the peach stem), wicked Cloud-Men who hurl hailstones at them, before finally coming to New York and getting stuck atop the pointy spire of the Empire State Building. James convinces all of the onlookers in New York City that they are friendly, and the people of New York give him and the insects a hero's welcome and a ticker-tape parade. During the parade, children begin eating the peach, until all that's left is the peach stone at the core of the fruit. It is in this giant peach stone that James ultimately makes his home, and the story ends happily ever after.
James and the Giant Peach is a wonderful story ideal for readers age 9-12. With new illustrations by Lane Smith, James' heartwarming adventure has been born anew. I highly recommend this book! And, of course, I hope this review is helpful to you. |
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J. E. Richens (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
Fabulus! Funny! All these things and more are consisted in the book. It is one of the best books I have ever read. Starting when james gets in the giant peach, it was one of the most funniest tales ever told. I am a violinest, so my favorite character had to be the cricket, especially when he was playing in a funny situation. I had to sit down and read the whole thing straight through in one day, it was so mind-catching! This in my opinion is Dahl's greatest book! |
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Frank (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
Utterly delightful and whimsical but as always with the strange Mr. D totally unsentimental, this story sweeps you along with a wonderful melange of eccentric characters and his unfailing narrative pulse until suddenly and marvelously you find yourself perched atop the Empire State Building in an inspired ending to this wondrous adventure. I devoured this book smiling all the way through. Dahl is hard to categorize, unique and not a little disquieting, but oh the places you'll go (to steal a line from Dr Seuss) when Dahl presses his narrative pedal to the floor. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
Delightful book! This story shows the importance of friendship between a little boy and some insects. A Social Studies teacher and a Science teacher could benefit from reading this book to her/his class. A study of insects in Science and a study of travel in Social Studies could be expanded. Great teaching tool for teachers! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
This book is outstanding, adventurous, and you never know what is going to happen next!
The story is about a boy, named James, who wants to be free from his awful aunts. James accidently drops the magic crystals he's been given and they sink into the soil. Amazing things begin to happen to an old peach tree as well as to creatures who turn gigantic. James and the oversized creatures ride the giant peach into many adventures. They meet sharks, seagulls and cloud men along their journey. James and his friends want to reach a safe and beautiful place to live. Will their dreams come true?
We loved this book because it was funny with lots of action and adventure. We would love to read a new book, James and the Giant Peach, Part II ! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-19 00:00>
Imagine floating in an enormous peach. Your best friends are insects. Where would this lead you? I read the book James And The Giant Peach by, Roald Dahl. The book starts off when James Henry Trotter's parents are at the mall having a great time. A rhinoceros get loose at the local zoo. When the rhinoceros saw James' parents it rammed them and they were deceased. James was sent to live with his Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. They treated him badly. They scolded him for no reason at all. One day James was sent to split some wood for the fire place in the middle of the summer. James was cutting the wood while his aunts sat on outdoor chairs scolding him. James began to cry and the aunts told him to go away from them when he cries so he went into the garden and sobbed. All of a sudden a short man with green clothes came up to james. He had a small brown paper bag. He told james to take the bag and pour its contents into a glass of water. Then drink it and you life will change. James was wondering what would change in his life. James turnedn around a looked at his aunts. He thought maybee he could get away from his aunts. |
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