Here's an oldie but goodie, James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
I have not read this book since second grade. This book does one thing that most children's books don't: it still appeals to adults. A lot of books I loved as a child I got bored with reading as an adult but not this one. I just love all the characters and the imagination in this book is stupendous. And who wouldn't want to travel in a peach. Maybe minus the giant bugs but seriously.When I read this it brought be back memories of my childhood and it was fantastic. There are no bad words about this book it's just all around fantastic. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars,
Happy reading!
Mackenzie
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