The BFG (Puffin Fiction)
by Roald Dahl
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Read in April, 2008
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in a sentence: sophie, a little girl on the top floor of an icky orphanage, is awake during the witching hour and knows something is up...and then she meets a big, friendly, giant! let the adventure begin!
oh man, i absolutely love this book. it just makes me feel like snuggling up under a blanket and cozying with a teddy bear. sophie is scooped up by the BFG (big friendly giant) while he is doing some very suspicious things - blowing some liquid into people ears? after being gently carried t...more
oh man, i absolutely love this book. it just makes me feel like snuggling up under a blanket and cozying with a teddy bear. sophie is scooped up by the BFG (big friendly giant) while he is doing some very suspicious things - blowing some liquid into people ears? after being gently carried t...more
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Ths book is about a little girl called Sophie. Once opun a warm night she got kidnapped by the big friendly giant!As he tells her why he did such a thing Sophie discovers a few things she never dreamed of!!!!
Outside the house of the BFG there are nine more giants ,human eating giants!Roald Dahl wrote that the ywere big ,sixteen meter high ,and they were half naked!They only wore a little peace of fur arround their .....
well,Sophie and the BFG decided that they had to do something or s...more
Outside the house of the BFG there are nine more giants ,human eating giants!Roald Dahl wrote that the ywere big ,sixteen meter high ,and they were half naked!They only wore a little peace of fur arround their .....
well,Sophie and the BFG decided that they had to do something or s...more
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Roald Dahl has the unique ability to draw one-star or five-star ratings from me, and little in between. James & the Giant Peach is my all-time favorite and I love Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, and his autobiographies and a few other works. The Witches I hate with a fiery passion, and this one, not so much hate as complete boredom.
For whatever reason, any giant story I can think of is one that bored me to teas, so maybe I just don't like that premise. I also found Sophi...more
For whatever reason, any giant story I can think of is one that bored me to teas, so maybe I just don't like that premise. I also found Sophi...more
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Read in March, 2007
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selfrecommends it for: children in grades 3-6
Roald Dahl is best known for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". This book is right up there with that one. BFG stands for 'big friendly giant'. Sophie is a little orphan girl who gets up in the middle of the night only to see a giant walking around the town blowing dreams out of a trumpet to all the sleeping children. No one is supposed to see the giants, so when the BFG sees Sophie he grabs her and takes her to giant land where her adventures start.
She learns about giant food. I...more
She learns about giant food. I...more
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recommends it for:
the child at heart
I first found this book in about 2nd grade at my school Library. I borrowed it since I'd read most of Roald Dahl's other children's books and had my dad read it to me. Let me point out that my father is the best story-teller/reader. He does voices for everyone and he has this great English accent that is perfect for Roald Dahl books. I fell in love with the simple giant who has deep insights, the wonderful adventures, the dream collecting, the possibility of little girls doing great things, and...more
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Read in January, 1991
I read this book over and over and over. I loved it! It was my very favorite as a kid. It was just so inventive and wacky. The BFG by Roald Dahl made me excited about reading. It’s about a Big Friendly Giant who blows dreams into sleeping children’s bedrooms. There are also kid-guzzling, mean giants who are finally defeated with a nasty Trogglehumper and the help of the British Queen. They are forever after doomed to eat their veggies. Ew, snozzcumbers! Everyone should love this boo...more
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Read in January, 2000
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Another orphan story. Sophie is scooped out of her bed by a friendly giant who survives by eating snozzcumbers (which make you burp), and joins him in stopping the other giants from eating kids. Giants and burping, the perfect combination!
I am sorry I didn't read this when I was a kid. I can tell a lot of the humor is lost on dull grown-up me, who cannot truly appreciate snozzcumbers. But so many kids have told me how much they love this book! The library where I work has had to replace copy a...more
I am sorry I didn't read this when I was a kid. I can tell a lot of the humor is lost on dull grown-up me, who cannot truly appreciate snozzcumbers. But so many kids have told me how much they love this book! The library where I work has had to replace copy a...more
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Read in January, 2008
I enjoyed it. I read about 2 chapters a night with my 6 year old nephew before he slept, and it was cute how he looked forward to it. I rather enjoyed how the giants spoke grammatically incorrectly, but a part of me worried if it would negatively affect my nephew who needs more help than hindrances when it comes to academic English. I think I've heard him say "human beans" since we finished it. Of course I loved the farting. Overall I think the book exhibits a great sense of (whol...more
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Read in January, 2006
It took me about 40 years to read Roald Dahl. I could never get past the way he killed off the parents at the beginning of James and the Giant Peach. But once I got past that page, I just kept reading. The BFG is actually a pretty sweet book--the little girl and the BFG himself are funny and clever, and I love how they end up visiting . . . well, I can't tell you what or whom they visit. You'll just have to read it yourself! (And I'm really curious to hear what you don't like--honest--there's pl...more
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Read in January, 2005
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My brother gave it to my son, I had to read it to himrecommends it for: Everyone from 8 to 100
I read this book to my son because he was too small to be able to read it for himself. I never read a Roald Dahl book except from Sjakie and the Chocolate factory.
I must say, that I was pleasantly surprized. We both laughed a lot about it, especially because the way the giant speaks is so funny. And the things they eat... try to imagine what it is they eat all the time and draw it. My son and I tried it and despite we read the same thing, the drawing was completely different. :) Must be my ba...more
I must say, that I was pleasantly surprized. We both laughed a lot about it, especially because the way the giant speaks is so funny. And the things they eat... try to imagine what it is they eat all the time and draw it. My son and I tried it and despite we read the same thing, the drawing was completely different. :) Must be my ba...more
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My read-aloud book with my class. The girls are showing minor signs of being sucked in. One particularly persnickety girl has gotten the book out of the school library and reads along as I read. (One small personal victory for me.)
My favorite times with students involve books. When it's good, it's so good, and they're pulled into a story they don't want to leave; they enter the story. Unfortunately, few basal readers ever include stories with this power, and a basal is what we use at my s...more
My favorite times with students involve books. When it's good, it's so good, and they're pulled into a story they don't want to leave; they enter the story. Unfortunately, few basal readers ever include stories with this power, and a basal is what we use at my s...more
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This book is a fantasy - fiction that is well liked by children. The main characters are Sophia and the giant.
Sophie and the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) must save the world from mean giants! Lucky for her, Sophie meets the kindest, gentlest, most friendly giant around. The BFG takes Sophie to giant land where she quickly learns that not all giants are as friendly as he is, and worse, the mean giants are planning to come to England! So what happens? Like to know? Grab this book from the library ...more
Sophie and the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) must save the world from mean giants! Lucky for her, Sophie meets the kindest, gentlest, most friendly giant around. The BFG takes Sophie to giant land where she quickly learns that not all giants are as friendly as he is, and worse, the mean giants are planning to come to England! So what happens? Like to know? Grab this book from the library ...more
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All that I need to say is that my brother and I would check this out of the library so frequently I am surprised my Mom never bought it for us. One of my best memories as a kid was my brother and I reading this out loud to each other and literally getting into fits of giggles at certain spots (usually involving a giant's flatulence). I am a true follower of anything Roald Dahl ever put his hands to. He is a very gifted and twisted author of books for people of all ages!
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Read in July, 2005
Dahls’ creativity really shines through in this beautifully crafted story. With his amazing new vocabulary of snozzcumbers, frobscottle, whizzpoppers, and human beans children are bound to giggle in their seats when reading. This tale isn’t just laugh out loud funny, but it is heartwarming and an excellent read aloud for all ages. Dahl designs an entirely new world for the reader to get lost in and is able to paint a great picture of morality all at the same time.
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Read in February, 2008
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adventurous readers
Who doesn't like to read a child's book every once in a while? I love Roald Dahl and almost all of his works. The incorporate almost every genre, including comedy, adventure, tragedy, and many more. It is always an adventure to read this book and imagine yourself where the characters are.
This book combines all of the childish fantasies a reader could ever want with morals and deeper meanings. I really like this book and would recommend to all.
This book combines all of the childish fantasies a reader could ever want with morals and deeper meanings. I really like this book and would recommend to all.
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This book was my first introduction to Roald Dahl in about 3rd grade. I love his stories. This one uses his fantastic imagination to tell a story that is scary, funny, and sweet at the same time. A little orphan, Sophie, sees the Big Friendly Giant in the middle of the night, so is forced to go with him back to Giantland. They come up with a plan to save the world's children from the awful child-eating giants.
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My 4th grade teacher read this to our class at the end of the year. I treasure the sensual memory of the cool, dark room; the sound of classmates breathing with their heads on their desks with the oscillating fan whirring up a breeze; the teacher twirling her wedding ring around and around her finger as she read. I tried to read it to my 5-year-old and it scared him a little bit. I'll try again when he's older.
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Story of a little girl who befriends a giant and together they travel to London and meet with the Queen to hatch a plot to save little children from other not-so-friendly giants. Though Roald Dahl is much better known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this book is just as creative and fun to read. Plus the main character is female, a nice change from the usual adventure stories which usually star boys.
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Read in January, 2008
There is an oddness to this book, but it seems that is always the case with Roald Dahl. The little girl, Sophie, is appealing for her wit and having a toughness from her sad situation in life. It is entertaining, but has a gruesome side, so if you are thinking of reading this to your children, skim it first. I don't know how well the comedy hides the fact that there are nasty giants eating "human beans".
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