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a'r Eirinen Wlanog Enfawr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_und_der_Riesenpfirsich_(Roman)" title="James und der Riesenpfirsich (Roman) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="James und der Riesenpfirsich (Roman)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach" title="James and the Giant Peach – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="James and the Giant Peach" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1961 children's novel by Roald Dahl</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the 1996 film adaptation, see <a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(film)" title="James and the Giant Peach (film)"><i>James and the Giant Peach</i> (film)</a>. 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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">James and the Giant Peach <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=James+and+the+Giant+Peach&rft.author=%5B%5BRoald+Dahl%5D%5D&rft.date=17+July+1961&rft.pub=%5B%5BAlfred+A.+Knopf%2C+Inc.%5D%5D&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pages=160&rft_id=info:oclcnum/50568125"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JamesAndTheGiantPeach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/JamesAndTheGiantPeach.jpg/220px-JamesAndTheGiantPeach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/JamesAndTheGiantPeach.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="385" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition (US)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Illustrator</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Ekholm_Burkert" title="Nancy Ekholm Burkert">Nancy Ekholm Burkert</a> (first US edition)</li><li>Michael Simeon (first UK edition)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Chichester_Clark" title="Emma Chichester Clark">Emma Chichester Clark</a> (1990 UK edition)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Blake" title="Quentin Blake">Quentin Blake</a> (1995 edition)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lane_Smith_(illustrator)" title="Lane Smith (illustrator)">Lane Smith</a> (1996 US edition)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Crane_(cartoonist)" title="Jordan Crane (cartoonist)">Jordan Crane</a> (2011 50th anniversary edition)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's novel">Children's novel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">Fantasy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1961 <p>Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. </p> Original language English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.">Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17 July 1961</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hardcover" title="Hardcover">Hardcover</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">160</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50568125">50568125</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" title="Dewey Decimal Classification">Dewey Decimal</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">[Fic] 21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PZ8.D137 James 2002</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>James and the Giant Peach</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's novel">children's novel</a> written in 1961 by British author <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a>. The first edition, published by Alfred Knopf, featured illustrations by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Ekholm_Burkert" title="Nancy Ekholm Burkert">Nancy Ekholm Burkert</a>. There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, done by Michael Simeon (for the first British edition), <a href="/wiki/Emma_Chichester_Clark" title="Emma Chichester Clark">Emma Chichester Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lane_Smith_(illustrator)" title="Lane Smith (illustrator)">Lane Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Blake" title="Quentin Blake">Quentin Blake</a>. It was adapted into a <a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(film)" title="James and the Giant Peach (film)">film of the same name</a> in 1996 (with Smith being a conceptual designer) which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Selick" title="Henry Selick">Henry Selick</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(musical)" title="James and the Giant Peach (musical)">musical</a> in 2010. </p><p>The plot centres on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical <a href="/wiki/Peach" title="Peach">peach</a>, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically altered garden bugs he meets. Dahl was originally going to write about a giant <a href="/wiki/Cherry" title="Cherry">cherry</a>, but changed it to <i>James and the Giant Peach</i> because a peach is "prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the story's occasional <a href="/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre">macabre</a> and potentially frightening content, it has become a regular target of censors.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dahl dedicated the book to his six-year-old daughter <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Olivia_Dahl" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Olivia Dahl">Olivia</a>, who died from complications of measles only a year after the book was published.<sup id="cite_ref-Newsweek_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsweek-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American novelist <a href="/wiki/Bret_Easton_Ellis" title="Bret Easton Ellis">Bret Easton Ellis</a> has cited <i>James and the Giant Peach</i> as his favourite children's book: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It changed my life. My aunt read it to me, my sisters and my three cousins in two sittings over vacation at a beach house when I was about six. The idea that the world was meaner, crueller, more absurd and fantastical than anything that picture books had previously showed me made a real impact. That was the moment I couldn’t go back [as a reader].<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James Henry Trotter is a boy who lives happily with his parents in a house by the sea in the south of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. Unfortunately, when he is four years old, an oddly carnivorous raging <a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros" title="Rhinoceros">rhinoceros</a> escapes from the <a href="/wiki/London_Zoo" title="London Zoo">London Zoo</a> and eats James' parents whilst they are on a shopping trip in the capital. He ends up living with his two cruel aunts, Aunty Spiker and Aunty Sponge. Instead of caring for him, they physically and verbally abuse him, isolate him in their ramshackle hilltop house and garden, dole out sadistic punishments for the smallest infractions, force him to sleep on bare floorboards in a prison cell-like room, and force him to do heavy chores most of the time that they never bother doing themselves (they also do not call him by his real name, but insults like "you disgusting little beast" or "you miserable creature"). </p><p>One day, after James has been living with his aunts for three years, he meets a mysterious man who gives him a bag of magical crystals, instructing James to use them in a potion that would change his life for the better. While returning home, James stumbles and spills the bag on the ground, losing the crystals as they dig themselves underground. A nearby barren peach tree, in turn, produces a single peach which soon grows to the size of a house. Spiker and Sponge build a fence around it and earn money by selling viewing tickets to tourists; James is locked in the house, only able to see the peach and the crowds through the bars of his bedroom window. </p><p>After the tourists have gone, James is assigned to clean the rubbish around the peach and finds a hole inside it. He crawls in, through a tunnel, and he finds himself in a room, in the enlarged peach pit. There, he meets Centipede, Miss Spider, Old Green Grasshopper, Earthworm, Ladybug, Glowworm, and Silkworm who become his friends. </p><p>The next day, Centipede cuts the stem of the peach, causing it to roll away and crush James' aunts. It reaches the sea and is surrounded by ravenous sharks. James uses Miss Spider and Silkworm to make threads, while Earthworm is used as bait and draws 501 seagulls<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the peach, whereupon the threads are tied on their necks. The peach is lifted off the water. High above the clouds, the peach encounters the Cloud-Men, who are portrayed as responsible for weather phenomena like <a href="/wiki/Hailstorms" class="mw-redirect" title="Hailstorms">hailstorms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rainbows" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbows">rainbows</a>. Centipede mocks the Cloud-Men, who throw things at the group until they get clear. </p><p>Later, James realizes that the group has reached <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. The wing of a passing plane severs the strings, and the falling peach lands on the spire of the <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a>. It is mistaken for a bomb at first, resulting in the arrival of police and firemen. Calming the crowd, James tells his story, and becomes friends with many children in New York; they eat the peach and James and his friends get their own jobs, now residing in Central Park, in the pit of the peach. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>James Henry Trotter</b> – The seven-year-old male protagonist.</li> <li><b>The Old Man</b> – A friendly yet mysterious man, who initiates James' adventure.</li> <li><b>Aunt Spiker</b> – A thin, tall, cruel and evil woman; Aunt Sponge's sister.</li> <li><b>Aunt Sponge</b> – A fat, treacherous, greedy and evil woman; Aunt Spiker's sister.</li> <li><b>The Centipede</b> – A male <a href="/wiki/Centipede" title="Centipede">centipede</a>, depicted as a boisterous rascal and proud of his 'hundred legs', even though he only has 42.</li> <li><b>The Earthworm</b> – A male <a href="/wiki/Earthworm" title="Earthworm">earthworm</a> who often quarrels with the Centipede.</li> <li><b>The Old Green Grasshopper</b> – A male <a href="/wiki/Grasshopper" title="Grasshopper">grasshopper</a>, who is the eldest and most cultured of the bugs.</li> <li><b>The Ladybug</b> – A kind, motherly female <a href="/wiki/Ladybird" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladybird">ladybird</a>.</li> <li><b>Miss Spider</b> – A good-natured female <a href="/wiki/Spider" title="Spider">spider</a> who takes care of James.</li> <li><b>The Glowworm</b> – A female <a href="/wiki/Glowworm" title="Glowworm">glowworm</a>, who is used as a lighting system for the peach.</li> <li><b>The Silkworm</b> – A female <a href="/wiki/Silkworm" class="mw-redirect" title="Silkworm">silkworm</a>, who assists Miss Spider in the production of thread, both before and after the adventure.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2023_censorship_controversy">2023 censorship controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2023 censorship controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl_revision_controversy" title="Roald Dahl revision controversy">Roald Dahl revision controversy</a></div> <p>Despite Roald Dahl having enjoined his publishers not to "so much as change a single comma in one of my books", in February 2023 <a href="/wiki/Puffin_Books" title="Puffin Books">Puffin Books</a>, a division of <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin Books</a>, announced it would be re-writing portions of many of Dahl's children's novels, changing the language to, in the publisher's words, "ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all today".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision was met with sharp criticism from groups and public figures including authors <a href="/wiki/Salman_Rushdie" title="Salman Rushdie">Salman Rushdie</a><sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Paolini" title="Christopher Paolini">Christopher Paolini</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Deseret_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deseret-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PEN_America" title="PEN America">PEN America</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)" title="Brian Cox (actor)">Brian Cox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dahl's publishers in the United States, France, and the Netherlands announced they had declined to incorporate the changes.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>James and the Giant Peach</i>, more than seventy changes were made, such as removing references to Sponge as fat (including writing an entirely new poem), changing <i>queer</i> to <i>strange</i>, removing references to skin colour (such as "his face white with horror", "looking white and thin", and the Earthworm's "lovely pink skin"), and changing <i>Cloud-Men</i> to <i>Cloud-People</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width: 50%;">Original text </th> <th style="width: 50%;">2023 text<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>There were caves everywhere running into the cloud, and at the entrances to the caves the Cloud-Men's wives were crouching over little stoves with frying-pans in their hands, frying snowballs for their husbands' suppers. </td> <td>There were houses everywhere running into the cloud. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_adaptations">Film adaptations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Film adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(film)" title="James and the Giant Peach (film)">James and the Giant Peach (film)</a></div> <p>A television adaptation of the novel appeared on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> on December 28, 1976. Paul Stone directed a script by Trever Preston. The cast included Simon Bell playing James, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins" title="Bernard Cribbins">Bernard Cribbins</a> playing Centipede, and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Quayle" title="Anna Quayle">Anna Quayle</a> playing Aunt Spiker.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though Roald Dahl declined numerous offers during his life to have a film version of <i>James and the Giant Peach</i> produced, his widow, <a href="/wiki/Felicity_Dahl" title="Felicity Dahl">Felicity Dahl</a>, approved an offer to have a <a href="/wiki/Film_adaptation" title="Film adaptation">film adaptation</a> produced in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> in the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberts-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was directed by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Selick" title="Henry Selick">Henry Selick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">produced</a> by <a href="/wiki/Denise_Di_Novi" title="Denise Di Novi">Denise Di Novi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton" title="Tim Burton">Tim Burton</a>, all of whom previously made <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas" title="The Nightmare Before Christmas">The Nightmare Before Christmas</a></i>. The movie consists of <a href="/wiki/Live_action" title="Live action">live action</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stop-motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop-motion">stop-motion</a> to reduce production finances.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was narrated by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Postlethwaite" title="Pete Postlethwaite">Pete Postlethwaite</a> (who also played the old man) and featured five songs composed and written by <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a>. The film was released on April 12, 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it was a box office failure, it received positive reviews and eventually became a cult classic upon its release on home video. </p><p>There are numerous changes in both the plot of the film and the plot of the book (notably, the aunts survive the rolling peach and follow James all the way to New York City), though the film was generally well-received. Felicity Dahl said that, "I think Roald would have been delighted with what they did with James."<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberts-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman" title="Owen Gleiberman">Owen Gleiberman</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> praised the animated part, but calling the live-action segments "crude".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newman was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Best_Original_Musical_or_Comedy_Score" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Original Musical or Comedy Score">Best Original Musical or Comedy Score</a>. </p><p>In August 2016, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mendes" title="Sam Mendes">Sam Mendes</a> was in negotiations with Disney to direct another live action adaptation of the novel,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hornby" title="Nick Hornby">Nick Hornby</a> in talks for the script.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, Mendes was no longer attached to the project due to his entering talks with Disney about directing a <a href="/wiki/Pinocchio_(2022_live-action_film)" title="Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)">live-action film adaptation</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Pinocchio_(1940_film)" title="Pinocchio (1940 film)">Pinocchio</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_adaptation">Musical adaptation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Musical adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(musical)" title="James and the Giant Peach (musical)">James and the Giant Peach (musical)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach,_2014_12_06_(2).JPG_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg/200px-The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg/300px-The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg/400px-The_Young_People%27s_Theatre_performs_James_and_the_Giant_Peach%2C_2014_12_06_%282%29.JPG_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption><i>James and the Giant Peach</i> musical playing at the <a href="/wiki/Young_People%27s_Theatre" title="Young People's Theatre">Young People's Theatre</a> in Toronto, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The book was made into a musical with music and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Benj_Pasek" title="Benj Pasek">Benj Pasek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Paul" title="Justin Paul">Justin Paul</a> and book by Timothy Allen McDonald. The musical had its premiere at <a href="/wiki/Goodspeed_Musicals" title="Goodspeed Musicals">Goodspeed Musicals</a> on 21 October 2010, and is currently produced in regional and youth theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage_adaptation">Stage adaptation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Stage adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>David Wood's play based on James and the Giant Peach has been performed worldwide. It was first produced in 2001 by the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff and Birmingham Stage Company, who then toured it all over the UK. Other major productions have been mounted by West Yorkshire Playhouse and Polka Theatre, and it is very popular with community and amateur companies in the UK and US. The play is published and licensed by Concord Theatricals.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatrical_adaptation">Theatrical adaptation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Theatrical adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ray DaSilva's <a href="/wiki/Norwich_Puppet_Theatre" title="Norwich Puppet Theatre">Norwich Puppet Theatre</a> put on puppet theatre performances in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audiobooks">Audiobooks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Audiobooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book has been recorded a number of times, including: </p> <ul><li>1977 - by Roald Dahl himself for <a href="/wiki/Caedmon_Audio" title="Caedmon Audio">Caedmon Records</a> (TC-1543 [abridged LP]/CDL 51543 [abridged cassette])<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003 – by <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> for <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">Harper Children's Audio</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 – by <a href="/wiki/Julian_Rhind-Tutt" title="Julian Rhind-Tutt">Julian Rhind-Tutt</a> for <a href="/wiki/Puffin_Books" title="Puffin Books">Puffin Audio</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charity_readings">Charity readings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Charity readings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2020, in the midst of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taika_Waititi" title="Taika Waititi">Taika Waititi</a>, the Oscar-winning director, worked with the Roald Dahl Story Company to publish audio-visual readings of the book. Waititi was joined by Oscar-winning actresses <a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a>; actors <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liam_Hemsworth" title="Liam Hemsworth">Liam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth" title="Chris Hemsworth">Chris Hemsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds">Ryan Reynolds</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Camilla,_Duchess_of_Cornwall" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall">Duchess of Cornwall</a>, and others in ten installments which were then published to the Roald Dahl YouTube channel.<sup id="cite_ref-Readings_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Readings-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The event was organised to raise money for the global-non profit <a href="/wiki/Partners_In_Health" title="Partners In Health">Partners In Health</a>, founded by Dahl's daughter <a href="/wiki/Ophelia_Dahl" title="Ophelia Dahl">Ophelia</a>, which had been fighting COVID-19 in vulnerable areas; with Roald Dahl Story Co. committing to match donations up to $1million.<sup id="cite_ref-Readings_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Readings-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Waititi had already been working with the company as the writer, director, and executive producer for Netflix's upcoming serialised adaption of <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (TV series)">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_and_the_Giant_Peach&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2011 – <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Ekholm Burkert</a>, introduction by <a href="/wiki/Aimee_Bender" title="Aimee Bender">Aimee Bender</a>)</li> <li>1996 – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0679880909" title="Special:BookSources/0679880909">0679880909</a> (paperback, illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Lane_Smith_(illustrator)" title="Lane Smith (illustrator)">Lane Smith</a>)</li> <li>1995 – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-037156-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-037156-7">0-14-037156-7</a> (paperback, illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Blake" title="Quentin Blake">Quentin Blake</a>)</li> <li>1994 – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55734-441-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-55734-441-8">1-55734-441-8</a> (paperback)</li> <li>1990 – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-034269-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-034269-9">0-14-034269-9</a> (paperback, illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Emma_Chichester_Clark" title="Emma Chichester Clark">Emma Chichester Clark</a>)</li> <li>1980 – <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-553-15113-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-553-15113-4">0-553-15113-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bantam_Books" 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(1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twits" title="The Twits">The Twits</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/George%27s_Marvellous_Medicine" title="George's Marvellous Medicine">George's Marvellous Medicine</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_BFG" title="The BFG">The BFG</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(novel)" title="The Witches (novel)">The Witches</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Giraffe_and_the_Pelly_and_Me" title="The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me">The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Matilda_(novel)" title="Matilda (novel)">Matilda</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Esio_Trot" title="Esio Trot">Esio Trot</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vicar_of_Nibbleswicke" title="The Vicar of Nibbleswicke">The Vicar of Nibbleswicke</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Minpins" title="The Minpins">The Minpins</a></i> (1991)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Children's poetry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Revolting_Rhymes" title="Revolting Rhymes">Revolting Rhymes</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Beasts" title="Dirty Beasts">Dirty Beasts</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rhyme_Stew" title="Rhyme Stew">Rhyme Stew</a></i> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adult novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Time_Never:_A_Fable_for_Supermen" title="Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen">Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen</a></i> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Uncle_Oswald" title="My Uncle Oswald">My Uncle Oswald</a></i> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short story<br />collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Over_to_You:_Ten_Stories_of_Flyers_and_Flying" title="Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying">Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying</a></i> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(short_story_collection)" title="Someone Like You (short story collection)">Someone Like You</a></i> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_Kiss_(book)" title="Kiss Kiss (book)">Kiss Kiss</a></i> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Nine_Kisses_from_Roald_Dahl" title="Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl">Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Switch_Bitch" title="Switch Bitch">Switch Bitch</a></i> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_and_Six_More" title="The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Roald_Dahl" title="The Best of Roald Dahl">The Best of Roald Dahl</a></i> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(short_story_collection)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (short story collection)">Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/More_Tales_of_the_Unexpected" title="More Tales of the Unexpected">More Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Roald_Dahl_Omnibus" title="The Roald Dahl Omnibus">The Roald Dahl Omnibus</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Fables" title="Two Fables">Two Fables</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ah,_Sweet_Mystery_of_Life:_The_Country_Stories_of_Roald_Dahl" title="Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl">Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collected_Short_Stories_of_Roald_Dahl" title="The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl">The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Roald_Dahl_Treasury" title="The Roald Dahl Treasury">The Roald Dahl Treasury</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Automatic_Grammatizator" title="The Great Automatic Grammatizator">The Great Automatic Grammatizator</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Skin_and_Other_Stories" title="Skin and Other Stories">Skin and Other Stories</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl:_Collected_Stories" title="Roald Dahl: Collected Stories">Roald Dahl: Collected Stories</a></i> (2006)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mildenhall_Treasure" title="The Mildenhall Treasure">The Mildenhall Treasure</a></i> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Boy_(autobiography)" title="Boy (autobiography)">Boy: Tales of Childhood</a></i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Going_Solo" title="Going Solo">Going Solo</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Measles:_A_Dangerous_Illness" title="Measles: A Dangerous Illness">Measles: A Dangerous Illness</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memories_with_Food_at_Gipsy_House" title="Memories with Food at Gipsy House">Memories with Food at Gipsy House</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl%27s_Guide_to_Railway_Safety" title="Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety">Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety</a></i> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Year" title="My Year">My Year</a></i> (1993)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/36_Hours_(1964_film)" title="36 Hours (1964 film)">36 Hours</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory" title="Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory">Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory</a></i> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Danny,_the_Champion_of_the_World_(film)" title="Danny, the Champion of the World (film)">Danny, the Champion of the World</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_BFG_(1989_film)" title="The BFG (1989 film)">The BFG</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Point_(1989_film)" title="Breaking Point (1989 film)">Breaking Point</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)" title="The Witches (1990 film)">The Witches</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Rooms" title="Four Rooms">Four Rooms</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_(film)" title="James and the Giant Peach (film)">James and the Giant Peach</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Matilda_(1996_film)" title="Matilda (1996 film)">Matilda</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(film)" title="Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox_(film)" title="Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)">Fantastic Mr. Fox</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Esio_Trot_(film)" title="Esio Trot (film)">Roald Dahl's Esio Trot</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_BFG_(2016_film)" title="The BFG (2016 film)">The BFG</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Revolting_Rhymes_(film)" title="Revolting Rhymes (film)">Revolting Rhymes</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory" title="Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory">Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</a></i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(2020_film)" title="The Witches (2020 film)">The Witches</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical_(film)" title="Matilda the Musical (film)">Matilda the Musical</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_(film)" title="The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film)">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</a></i> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wonka_(film)" title="Wonka 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