Overview

Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film).  How James escapes from his miserable life with two nasty aunts and becomes a hero to his new insect family, including Miss Spider, the Old-Green-Grasshopper, the Centipede (with his 21 pairs of gorgeous boots), isDahl-iciousfantasy at its best"This newly-illustrated edition of an avowed children's favorite has all the makings of a classic match-up: Milne had Shepard, Carroll had Tenniel, and now Dahl has Smith...author and illustrator were made for each other, and it's of little consequence that it took almost 35 years for them to meet" --Kirkus.  

ISBN-13

9780679980902

ISBN-10

0679980903

Weight

0.80 Pounds

Dimensions

7.00 x 0.50 x 9.75 In

List Price

$17.99

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

144 pages

Publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published On

1996-04-09



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