About this title: Sophie is kidnapped from the orphanage where she lives by the Big Friendly Giant (or, the B.F.G.) after she spots him performing his job of blowing good dreams into the minds of sleeping children. Sophie is happy with the giant, who takes her back to Giantland with him, but there are some not-so-very-nice giants who also live in Giantland, and all they want to do is race around the world and eat "human beans." Will Sophie and the B.F.G. be able to defeat the bad giants and protect the people of Earth? Illustrated with b&w drawings.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780590060196ISBN:0590060198
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. IIlustrated text; slight tear on binding does not affect text; tanned pages appear to be unmarked. read more
Description: Fine. 0439387868 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Fine. 0590060198 Excellent condition paperback book, clean pages, NO creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0590060198 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780140340198ISBN:014034019X
Description: Very Good. Minor shelf wear on attractive cover; spine uncreased and solid; light age color on unmarked, uncreased pages; NOT an ex-library. read more
"I've decided that I want to read along with my kids as they read books for fun/class so I've started with this book which is apparently VERY popular with my son's 3rd grade classmates. My son had finished it and was two new books ahead of me by the time I finally sat down to read it, but he couldn't wait for me to finish so I could talk with him about it. I was surprised the book didn't frighten him at all considering the book is all about giants who snatch children from their beds in the middle of the night while they are sleeping and eat them! It tells me he has matured a lot as a reader in that he appreciates the story for exactly what it is, just a story, and not something he has to believe. I wouldn't have know that about him if I hadn't actually read the book myself.
I like the story for how it takes the reader around the world with these giants who could care less about humans, all except for the BFG. It also gives a child hope that even one small kid can make a difference. Roald Dahl is not an author I would have initially chosen to read because I don't usually care for fantasy, however I like his appeal to kids, especially my own."
"Little Sophie is an orphan. She been has been an orphan every since she could remember. Then one night, during the Witching Hour, Sophie happens to be looking out her window. She notices a very tall dark and lanky figure outsides. She gets curious and goes to the window to have a better look. That's when the figure turns around and looks directly at Sophie. She hoped it hasn't seen her but when she ids being lifted from her bred, she just knows it's the end for her. But when she finds out that her kidnapper is a giant, she is shocked. What's even more shocking is that he doesn't want to eat her, he wants her to help other giants stop eating people like her."
"i loved the bfg as a kid its about an orphan named sophie and one night she wakes up and across the street she sees a giant with a trumpet in a briefcase blowing his trumpet in the childrens room across the street. he sees that she saw him so he has to take her with him. it turns out he is a dreamcather and the shortest of i think 8 giants he is a vegetarian giant, the only vegetable available is a horribly gross pickle called a schnozzcomber i think lol anyways his 7 brothers are all cannibals and love to eat people and they pick on him for eating the pickles nayways sophie comes up with an idea to get rid of the brothers bfg doesnt like them either so he agrees so they see the queen of england and she aranges the brothers to get trapped and fed schnozzcombers for the rest of their life and the bfg becomes the official dream catcher and he and sophie live in a life of luxury the end"
"Ja de GVR! Met tekeningen van Quentin Blake schitterend. Ik vond de reus de slagersjongen een beetje eng. Altijd als ik komkommers zie denk ik:'smeergore snoskommers', en soms zeg ik het ook, dat is heel nuttig want leuke mensen herkennen het. Net als 'flitspoppers'. Ander boek van Dahl dat ik hier zo snel niet zie waar ik erg om gelachen heb is De griezels, ook weer met tekeningen van Blake. Hoe dat stel elkaar het leven zuur maakt: 'het was geen spaghetti, het was WORMEN'. En de baard van die mannelijke griezel die vol zit met smerigheden, beeldend beschreven door Dahl en prachtig getekend door Blake en dan steeds aan je moeder laten zien natuurlijk die er misselijk van werd."
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