James and the Giant Peach : a children's story /
Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990, author.
James and the Giant Peach : a children's story / Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. - 119 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Young James Henry Trotter loses his parents and is forced to live with his evil aunts. Luckily, he is given magic crystals, which he accidentally spills on his aunts' decrepit peach tree. One of the peaches begins to grow, and grow, and grow. Finally, James climbs into the peach and it rolls away from his aunts' yard and his miserably lonely life. With the giant peach, he begins a new life, making friends along the way with hilarious characters like the Grasshopper and the Earthworm
Grades 3 - 5
RL: 6.7
Lexile Measure®: 870L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: Q
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61008127
Insects--Fiction
Boys--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Aunts--Fiction.
FICTION / Fantasy / General.
FICTION / Humorous / General.
F DAH
James and the Giant Peach : a children's story / Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. - 119 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Young James Henry Trotter loses his parents and is forced to live with his evil aunts. Luckily, he is given magic crystals, which he accidentally spills on his aunts' decrepit peach tree. One of the peaches begins to grow, and grow, and grow. Finally, James climbs into the peach and it rolls away from his aunts' yard and his miserably lonely life. With the giant peach, he begins a new life, making friends along the way with hilarious characters like the Grasshopper and the Earthworm
Grades 3 - 5
RL: 6.7
Lexile Measure®: 870L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: Q
0394912829
61008127
Insects--Fiction
Boys--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Aunts--Fiction.
FICTION / Fantasy / General.
FICTION / Humorous / General.
F DAH