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''James and the Giant Peach'' is a children's book by Roald Dahl , originally illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, first published in the USA in 1961 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and then in London in 1967 by Allen & Unwin . SYNOPSIS James Henry Trotter , an ordinary four year old boy, has had a happy life but is orphaned as a result of a bizarre and terrible accident (his parents were supposedly swallowed by a Rhino (which are, in truth, Herbivorous ). He is sent to live with his two aunts, Spiker and Sponge, who subject him to a variety of physical and mental Abuse . One day while chopping wood in the garden, James, then age seven, meets a strange man who mysteriously knows James's plight and gives him a small sack containing the ingredients for a magic potion, the consumption of which, the stranger promises, will bring James wealth, happiness, and great adventure. Unfortunately, while running back to the house to hide the sack, James trips and drops it. It bursts and its contents sink into the ground and vanish without a trace - or so it then seems. James is horrified at the loss of what seemed to be his only opportunity for escape from his wretched aunts. But things take another odd turn when a long-barren , Centipede , Spider , Ladybug and several other giant Insects . The peach, with the help of the centipede, breaks off the tree, rolls over and flattens James's two aunts, and into the Atlantic Ocean, where their adventures really begin. FILM VERSION See Also: James and the Giant Peach (film) A Film Version Of The Same Name was released in 1996 , directed and co-produced, respectively, by '' The Nightmare Before Christmas '' collaborators Henry Selick and Tim Burton . It featured a combination of live-action and Stop-motion animation. SEE ALSO
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