James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

I'm not much a fan of Roald Dahl. He seems to a take an "us against them" kind of attitude, writing life as a kind of battle between the good (kids) and the bad (all adults), and most of his stories are pretty dark and pretty non-sequitur. Calvin, however, is far less discerning at this age and we had a pretty good time with James and the Giant Peach, between fun science in the bathtub and side projects about grasshoppers.