James and the Giant Peach

An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James's parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Poor James is miserable, until something peculiar happens and James finds himself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey he could ever imagine... A new and delectable Deluxe edition of this wonderful classic.

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) is the author of such enduringly popular novels as The BFG, The Witches, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Aimee Bender is the bestselling author of the novels The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and An Invisible Sign of My Own and the story collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures. She lives in Los Angeles. Jordan Crane is an illustrator, author, and cartoonist who collaborated with McSweeney's on a collection of essays by novelist Michael Chabon in 2008. He lives in Los Angeles.