The Bfg

by Roald Dahl

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants - rather than the BFG - she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

• ISBN10: 0141301058
• ISBN13: 9780141301051
• Publish Date: 25 June 1998 (first published 1 November 1982)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 22 October 2004
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Puffin Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 207
• 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.