James and the Giant Peach is a highly imaginative story by Roald Dahl about a little boy named James and the adventures that he goes on. After James’ parents are horrifically eaten by a rhinoceros he is sent to live with his two aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. James is a seven year old boy when he goes to live with his aunts and is forced to work hard and do whatever his aunts’ demand of him. One day James meets an old wizard who gives him a bag of green crystals which he accidentally spills on the roots of a peach tree. Soon after James spills the green crystals on the peach tree it grows to be as tall and big as a house. James becomes curious and crawls into the peach to discover a bunch of insects that have grown to be as tall as him. James, the giant peach, and his new insect friends roll away after flattening Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker and embark on several crazy adventures. Although this book is highly imaginative and descriptive, it contains a lot of graphic violence which might make teaching it to children very challenging. I enjoyed reading this book but as a future teacher I am not completely convinced that I would use it with students.
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