{"product_id":"9780140374247","title":"James and the Giant Peach","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis happily ever after contemporary fairy tale is a twentieth-century classic that every child deserves to know. And Lane Smith's endearingly funny illustrations are a perfect match for the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning book, to be cherished for its story, a superb fantasy.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most original fantasy that has been published in a long time...[it] may well become a classic.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369847722045,"sku":"9780140374247","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780140374247_p0.jpg?v=1771572960","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9780140374247","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}