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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374304696
ISBN-139780374304690
eBay Product ID (ePID)64698
Product Key Features
Book TitleBfg
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1982
TopicClassics, Humorous Stories, Fantasy & Magic, Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, General, Social Themes / Friendship
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorRoald Dahl
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN82-015548
ReviewsRoald Dahl and Quentin Blake are uncanny in their understanding of what children like to read and see. Sophie, an eight-year-old orphan, is kidnapped by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and taken to Giantland, where [her] alliance with the BFG and the queen of England results in the capture of the nine evil giants. Children will enjoy this book., "Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake are uncanny in their understanding of what children like to read and see. Sophie, an eight-year-old orphan, is kidnapped by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and taken to Giantland, where [her] alliance with the BFG and the queen of England results in the capture of the nine evil giants. Children will enjoy this book." --The New York Times Book Review, "Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake are uncanny in their understanding of what children like to read and see. Sophie, an eight-year-old orphan, is kidnapped by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and taken to Giantland, where [her] alliance with the BFG and the queen of England results in the capture of the nine evil giants. Children will enjoy this book." -- The New York Times Book Review
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromFourth Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Grade ToEighth Grade
SynopsisIt was the BFG-the Big Friendly Giant-who kidnaps Sophie from her bed in the orphanage and takes her back to Giantland with him lest she tell everyone that she has seen a giant. There she meets nine other Giants, Fleshlumpeater, Bonecrusher, Gizzardgulper, Bloodbottler-a whole beastly crew-all much bigger than the BFG, and much, much meaner. Every night the BFG catches dreams in a long-handled net and blows the good ones into little children's minds as they sleep, while the other Giants are busy racing off to various parts of the world to eat "human beans." How the BFG and Sophie conspire to put an end to the loathsome activities of the other Giants is a marvelously original and funny story, told by one of the best-known, best-loved writers for children, Roald Dahl. Quentin Blake's delightful black-and-white line drawings depict all the humor and action of Dahl's wonderful tale. Book jacket., "Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Giant. He and Sophie cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of troggle-humping -- forever.