Dr. S.'s Literacy Read Aloud & Literacy Podcast

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 37, 38, & 39

In which James introduces all his friends to the citizens of New York after they realized all those "monsters" included a little boy. Then the book ends with a ticker tape parade and a telling of how all the Peach Passengers made out in their new lives.

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 34, 35, & 36

In which, now that the centipede was freed by the rain storm, the travellers admire all the sites as they float above the ocean until, as the sun came up in the west, they realized they were floating over New York City BUT now the residents of the city below begin to prepare themselves for the dropping of a giant bomb, since that is what they think the peach is.  THEN

James & the Giant Peach - Chapter 31, 32, & 33

In which, now that the centipede was freed by the rain storm, the travellers admire all the sites as they float above the ocean until, as the sun came up in the west, they realized they were floating over New York City BUT now the residents of the city below begin to prepare themselves for the dropping of a giant bomb, since that is what they think the peach is.  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 28, 29, & 30

In which they interrupted Cloud-Men as they were painting a giant rainbow and then in which, next, the Cloud-Men fought back by throwing cans of paint at the peach, hitting the centipede who ended up stuck solidly to the peach, and then, next they went through a terrible rain storm, which sounds like it might have even been a hurricane.  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 25, 26, & 27

In which, having saved themselves from the sharks in the ocean below, they tell James in turn why they are valuable to men and what makes them special and THEN the Centipede falls off the top of the Peach and James has to rescue him from the ocean using string that the silkworm spun and THEN they meet little cloud-men making hailstones and the cloud-men start aiming at them at the peach.  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 22, 23, & 24

In which they harness enough birds to achieve lift-off and then they start sailing under the clouds and are sighted by an ocean liner and then they have a party and are entertained by the grasshopper who makes beautiful music.  THEN

James & the Giant Peach - Chapters 19, 20, & 21

In which James and his friends see sharks circling the giant peach in search of food and in which the alarm is sounded that they have to do something to save themselves and then in which James devises a brilliant scheme involved spiders and silkworms and harnessing sea gulls to the stem of the peach.  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 16, 17, & 18

In which the peach falls from the stem holding it to the tree and rolls down the hill until it flies off the cliffs of Dover into the sea and then James and friends recover from their trip and go outside by climbing using ladders the spider has spun for them and then they decide that they can eat the peach because they are hungry and talk about all the foods that they love.  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 13, 14, & 15

In which Spider spins hammocks for each of James's new friends and then James meets one more friend, the Glowworm who has to turn out her light so everyone can sleep. In the morning, the Giant Peach begins to move down the hill and then the aunts have to run away but don't quite make it and go SPLAT!  THEN

James & The Giant Peach - Chapters 10, 11, & 12

In which James explores a cave opening into the peach and goes through a door opening and then he meets creatures that are. just as large proportionately as the peach (including an earthworm, a grasshopper, a spider, a centipede, and a ladybug ) and then they get to know each other. THEN