This much-loved novel by Roald Dahl offers teachers an engaging way to inspire reading for pleasure and support comprehension skills in primary English. James and the Giant Peach follows James Henry Trotter on a fantastical journey, making it ideal for classroom discussion and creative activities.

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags.Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching.

He's very lonely until one day something peculiar happens. . At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW. Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure.

But where will they go in their GIANT PEACH, and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way?

There's only one way to find out . . .

• Paperback fiction suitable for Key Stage 2 English curriculum

• Supports themes of friendship, resilience, and imagination

• Ideal for group or independent reading

• Popular choice for book studies and literacy lessons

• Easy to store on classroom bookshelves