by: Roald Dahl
A little magic can take you a long way...
When James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start happening. The peach at the very tip of the tree starts growing , and growing, and growing... until it's as big as a house! When James crawls inside, he meets a houseful of oversized friends--Grasshopper, Centipede, Earthworm, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the adventure begins! {cover copy}
This was another case of having seen the movie before reading the book, and I was surprised how closely the movie actually stayed to the source material. That said, I really enjoyed this one. It borders a little on the Tim Burton-y side of things that I am maybe not as into as some of the other Dahl stories, but I still enjoyed it. It's very fantastical, which makes it quite fun!

Here is James Henry Trotter when he was about four years old. {first line}
"There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that you haven't started wondering about yet."

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