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- Jessica FanzoInterview
It is a toss-up. The two that stand out to me and are forever imprinted on my brain is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Strangely, and I haven’t thought about this until just now, both involve the food world. Mrs Frisby (a mouse) needs to move her home…
- Frances HardingeInterview
I have hazy, happy recollections of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, but one of my most vivid early memories of independent reading was encountering James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. On the first page, we’re introduced to James and his idyllic life with his lovely parents… who are both then…
- Emma TourtelotInterview
Can I pick two? James and the Giant Peach, because I met the author right after I read it for the first time, which was a weird and magical experience, kind of like reading his books. Also Charlotte’s Web, because it’s the first book that made me cry. My only tattoo is a quote from Charlotte’s Web (“This lovely world…
- Emma KennedyInterview
I’ve written for children too, a medium I LOVE and I have always kept in mind that Roald Dahl liked to kill people off. In James and the Giant Peach, James’s parents are killed by a rhinoceros on page one. Children like the dark. It makes them feel safer when your main character is in terrible trouble. So that was a…
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