Laney's review
The BFG (Puffin Fiction)
by Roald Dahl
Laney's review
The BFG (Puffin Fiction) by Roald Dahl
Laney's review
rating:
bookshelves:
children,
fantasy
recommended 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. It's disgusting! Snozcumbers? Yuk! She has run-ins with the other giants, who are not nice guys at all. She even gets to meet the Queen of England! All of my students who have read this have loved it, though some have had a hard time reading the BFG's accent.
She learns about giant food. It's disgusting! Snozcumbers? Yuk! She has run-ins with the other giants, who are not nice guys at all. She even gets to meet the Queen of England! All of my students who have read this have loved it, though some have had a hard time reading the BFG's accent.
