James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: January 1, 1961
Year of Publication:
Genre: Fantasy, Chapter Book
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Rated a 2 on Horn Book Reviews
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: January 1, 1961
Year of Publication:
Genre: Fantasy, Chapter Book
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Rated a 2 on Horn Book Reviews
Summary: James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story is a chapter book within the fantasy genre for young literature. This is a story about a young boy (James) and his marvelous adventure after a mysterious tree begins to grow and grow. He later finds a door that helps him enter a whole new world with large creatures and interesting new adventures.
Summary of Professional Reviews: This book has scored a rating of a 2 on Horn Book Reviews. The review states the overall concept of the connect between this book and the first James and the Giant Peach book. At the end of the review, the is a short description of the author's use of black lined sketches that helps depict the connection this version has to the original version. The writer of this review also states the importance of also introducing the original book.
Review by Alicia Watson: James and the Giant Peach is a wonderful chapter book for young readers. Dahl's use of creative written text helps the reader understand the concepts of creativity. This is a high quality book which helps the reader wonder what is going to happen next and the different creatures James will meet along the way. The use of black and white sketches helps me better understand the story and helps me better understand the different perspectives of James and the other characters. This would be an excellent book to use in order to help expand the genre of fantasy to a fourth grade classroom.
This book would be useful when teaching…
Summary of Professional Reviews: This book has scored a rating of a 2 on Horn Book Reviews. The review states the overall concept of the connect between this book and the first James and the Giant Peach book. At the end of the review, the is a short description of the author's use of black lined sketches that helps depict the connection this version has to the original version. The writer of this review also states the importance of also introducing the original book.
Review by Alicia Watson: James and the Giant Peach is a wonderful chapter book for young readers. Dahl's use of creative written text helps the reader understand the concepts of creativity. This is a high quality book which helps the reader wonder what is going to happen next and the different creatures James will meet along the way. The use of black and white sketches helps me better understand the story and helps me better understand the different perspectives of James and the other characters. This would be an excellent book to use in order to help expand the genre of fantasy to a fourth grade classroom.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- James and the Giant Peach can be used within the classroom in order to help with creative writing skills. Before assigning an assignment on independent writing, this book can be used to help students write their own fantasy narrative. This can be used to pick out specific aspects of a fantasy type text.
- James and the Giant Peach can also be used as a discussion topic for a variety of weeks. Each week the teacher can create mini lessons in order to help make connections to the storyline. This can help the students indicate the fantasy type genre and help indicate discussion and collaboration within a fourth grade classroom.