--- product_id: 22447396 title: "James and the Giant Peach" price: "72.25 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/22447396-james-and-the-giant-peach store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # James and the Giant Peach **Price:** 72.25 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** James and the Giant Peach - **How much does it cost?** 72.25 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/22447396-james-and-the-giant-peach) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description James and the Giant Peach [Dahl, Roald, Smith, Lane] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. James and the Giant Peach Review: Book Review - James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake is a great book if you want to be entertained, or are starting to read chapter books. This book, published in 1961, is one of the most famous books worldwide to this day. It is a fictional-fantasy story and has a child-friendly plot. I would say the book is good for anyone from 8 to 14 years old. James and the Giant Peach is a very descriptive book and makes it easy to imagine the scenes. This story starts off in London, England, in the countryside in James’s aunt’s house. Later on, James meets bugs inside the peach. The peach then ends up in the Atlantic Ocean and arrives in America. James is the protagonist. His friends are giant bugs named Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Earthworm, Spider, and Ladybug. Although these bugs can be impatient, they cooperate with James and are friendly to him. James is a curious orphan who was trapped with his cruel aunts for many years. One day, his aunts went to their garden and found an enormous peach on one of the trees. The aunts locked him outside of the house for some time as punishment, and that's when he spotted the giant peach. He examined the peach and found a big hole. Big enough for James to fit in it. He stepped into the hole and found the seed of the peach. The seed of the peach opened. James went inside where he met his future friends. Unfortunately, not after long, the peach started rolling, and rolling, and rolling. And that’s how his adventure begins. James and the Giant Peach is filled with descriptive scenes and vivid words like “hurtled” or “plunged” which makes the book fun to read. It is very easy to imagine and feels like you're in the story itself. This novel is similar to other Roald Dahl books such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Both books are easy to picture and have fun words in them such as “scrumptious”, “delectable”, or “enraptured”. The common theme can be that karma comes around. Even though James was treated poorly by his aunts, he doesn’t become bitter or mean spirited. He still helped out the bugs. This shows that you can help out people and make friends even when it seems like you can’t. The theme of James and the Giant Peach relates to my life when I switched schools in fifth grade. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make friends or have fun. Soon someone did end up making friends with me, and then I had hope about making more friends. In just a little bit of time, I was having a lot of fun during recess and had many friends. Review: Will’s Review - That book was awesome! Skibidi toilet! The book was very funny. There were a ton of weird parts, like weird big bugs that talk and do things. The book was very funny. I liked it a lot. There was a lot of bugs in it that made me freak out. ## Features - Release date: April 1, 1996 - Age Range: 3 - 8 years - Paperback: 144 pages - Language: English ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #121,396 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #14,418 in Action & Adventure Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 9,419 Reviews | ## Images ![James and the Giant Peach - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Yt-YzGgIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Review *by M***I on December 11, 2021* James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake is a great book if you want to be entertained, or are starting to read chapter books. This book, published in 1961, is one of the most famous books worldwide to this day. It is a fictional-fantasy story and has a child-friendly plot. I would say the book is good for anyone from 8 to 14 years old. James and the Giant Peach is a very descriptive book and makes it easy to imagine the scenes. This story starts off in London, England, in the countryside in James’s aunt’s house. Later on, James meets bugs inside the peach. The peach then ends up in the Atlantic Ocean and arrives in America. James is the protagonist. His friends are giant bugs named Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Earthworm, Spider, and Ladybug. Although these bugs can be impatient, they cooperate with James and are friendly to him. James is a curious orphan who was trapped with his cruel aunts for many years. One day, his aunts went to their garden and found an enormous peach on one of the trees. The aunts locked him outside of the house for some time as punishment, and that's when he spotted the giant peach. He examined the peach and found a big hole. Big enough for James to fit in it. He stepped into the hole and found the seed of the peach. The seed of the peach opened. James went inside where he met his future friends. Unfortunately, not after long, the peach started rolling, and rolling, and rolling. And that’s how his adventure begins. James and the Giant Peach is filled with descriptive scenes and vivid words like “hurtled” or “plunged” which makes the book fun to read. It is very easy to imagine and feels like you're in the story itself. This novel is similar to other Roald Dahl books such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Both books are easy to picture and have fun words in them such as “scrumptious”, “delectable”, or “enraptured”. The common theme can be that karma comes around. Even though James was treated poorly by his aunts, he doesn’t become bitter or mean spirited. He still helped out the bugs. This shows that you can help out people and make friends even when it seems like you can’t. The theme of James and the Giant Peach relates to my life when I switched schools in fifth grade. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make friends or have fun. Soon someone did end up making friends with me, and then I had hope about making more friends. In just a little bit of time, I was having a lot of fun during recess and had many friends. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will’s Review *by M***D on November 9, 2025* That book was awesome! Skibidi toilet! The book was very funny. There were a ton of weird parts, like weird big bugs that talk and do things. The book was very funny. I liked it a lot. There was a lot of bugs in it that made me freak out. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fun little book that'll leave you feeling peachy *by J***A on December 15, 2019* This is one of my favorite Roald Dahl stories. We often forget the source material when we see the movie, but that said, I think James and the Giant Peach is one of the most consistent adaptations from the Dahl catalogue. What you read in the book is of the closest I've seen on film. Adaptations aside, this one gets top marks for being fun, quirky, creative, smile inducing, sweet, and enjoyable. All the characters are fun and interesting, from the mean aunts to the insect menagerie of companions James has by a fortuitous accident. This is not a book that will ever stress you out and quite often makes you chuckle at the sweet and silly things the insects say. It is also a redeeming journey for James, who had always been told he was worthless, in his journey to showing that he is truly a hero. It's a subtle message but an important one for people of all ages, and for me on a personal note: at times you are a hero or worthless depending on the context and the people who are around you. I think that's an extremely valuable life lesson and something anyone can appreciate. Pacing is fun, writing is very Dahl-ish and it's a book I'd happily re-read for myself or read to a classroom given the opportunity. ## Frequently Bought Together - James and the Giant Peach - Matilda - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/22447396-james-and-the-giant-peach](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/22447396-james-and-the-giant-peach) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-07*