James and the Giant Peach (ELT Graded Reader)

A Penguin Readers ELT graded reading series of your favorite Roald Dahl characters and stories! Designed for learners of English aged 7+.

With carefully adapted text, illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.

James and the Giant Peach, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

When James’s parents die, he has to live with his two horrible aunts. He is lonely and sad. But then, a peach in his aunts’ garden starts to grow bigger and bigger. What strange and wonderful friends will James meet inside the peach?

Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date: 07/03/2024
Illustrator: Blake, Quentin
Series: Penguin Readers Roald Dahl