An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten Jamess parents. Andit gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts,Sponge and Spiker. Poor James is miserable, until something peculiar happensand James finds himself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey hecould ever imagineAbout the AuthorRoald Dahl, the best-loved of childrens writers, was born in Wales ofNorwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in1990, and total UK sales are 55 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of thebest-known and best-loved childrens illustrators and its impossible now tothink of Roald Dahls writings without imagining Quentin Blakes illustrations.