James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Quentin Blake)

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Blurb: Something is about to happen. James told himself. Something peculiar is about to happen at any moment.

James has lived with his two beastly aunts ever since the day his parents were eaten up outside London Zoo by an angry escaped rhinoceros. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really horrible people. They make poor James's life a misery. 

Then something very peculiar happens - something magical that is to completely change James's wretched existence and take him on the most amazing and unbelievable journey!

ISBN: 0140382348 (Paperback)

Year: 1961

Publisher: Puffin Books

Pages: 156 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from the Book Depository

2. Teacher's notes for the book

3. Random House page for the book

4. Page celebrating 50 years of the book

5. Wikipedia page for the book

Guilty Pleasures - An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novel #1 (Laurell K. Hamilton )

Guilty Pleasures - An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novel #1

Laurell K. Hamilton 

Blurb: My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me the Executioner. What I call them isn't repeatable.

Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I've seen their victims. I carry the scars.

But now a serial killer is murdering vampires - and the most powerful bloodsucker in town wants me to find the killer.

ISBN: 9780753374816 (Paperback)

Year: 1993

Publisher: Headline

Pages: 327 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page

3. Wiki for the book

4. Review of the graphic novel based on this book

5. Read a sample of the book in PDF format

George's Marvellous Medicine (Roald Dahl)

George's Marvellous Medicine

Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake

Blurb: 'Whenever I see a slug on a piece of lettuce,' Grandma said, 'I gobble it up quick before it crawls away. Delicious.'

George's grandmother has the nastiest eating habits in the world. She's as frightening as a witch and as grumpy as a camel without a hump. When he can't stand this cantankerous old woman any longer, George decides to cure her nastiness once and for all. He concocts a vert special medicine which is as nasty as she is, and then he waits for the results!

ISBN: 014031492X (Paperback)

Year: 1981

Publisher: Puffin Books

Pages: 112 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Good reads page

4. Dramatised scene from the book (UK viewers only)

5. Quiz on the book