The BFG

by Roald Dahl

Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as new author biography.

• ISBN10: 0141311371
• ISBN13: 9780141311371
• Publish Date: 5 April 2001 (first published 1 November 1982)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 October 2007
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Puffin
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• Language: English

Reviews

[lovelybookshelf]

The BFG is full of friendship, dream-catching, adventure, and ethical dilemmas. It’s the kind of children’s book that grows with the reader, revealing more layers as we age. It was a real treat to revisit this book —- like reading it for the first time. And I’m glad I picked up the audiobook version, because David Walliams is an absolutely brilliant narrator.

More of my thoughts on this title can be found on my blog at Lovely Bookshelf.

[ibeforem]

I liked this quite a bit more than Matilda, maybe because it is obviously fanciful from the start. It’s hard to fault its “nice guys win” message. I loved the language in this… the whimsy instantly brings Dr. Seuss to mind. In fact, I may have to add “whizzpopper” to my own vocabulary (what a fun word to introduce to my niece and nephew!).

As a side note, this audio book was narrated by the tragically departed Natasha Richardson, and she did a wonderful job.

[tellemonstar]

I Loved this when I was a kid - in fact I've read just about all of Roald Dahl's books and loved each of them. There's a delightfully wicked sense of humour throughout all of his novels.