After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts. Life there is no fun, until James receives some magical, tiny green things and accidentally drops them by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends -- Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug,...

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story.

Children were at the center of Nazi ideology; now we have their history of those years. Their stories open a world we have never seen before.