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The Bfg

by Roald Dahl Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS

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A giant’s unlikely alliance

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    TIME Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

    Included in TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time.

  • Critical praise

    Praised by TIME Magazine as a “warmhearted tall tale”

    TIME describes the book as a warmhearted tall tale that takes readers on a magical journey through settings incl...

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A giant’s unlikely alliance

Sophie’s encounter with the BFG turns a frightening discovery into a plan: the other giants are heading to England to eat children, and she and the unusually kind giant set out to stop them. The story moves between London and Giant Country, pairing its danger with playful invented language such as “flush-bunking” and “swollomp.” That contrast—menacing giants alongside an ally who is “far too nice and jumbly”—shapes the book’s central adventure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in fantasy adventures
  • Readers who enjoy stories with giants, imaginative vocabulary, and a child-and-giant partnership

Themes

Courage and cooperationKindness amid dangerFantasy and imaginative language

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Book overview

This collectable hardcover edition features a beautiful cover and deluxe packaging, including color interior text and illustrations!

One of TIME MAGAZINE's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

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, or any of the other giants--rather than the BFG--she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants 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!

"This warmhearted tall tale, published a year before Dahl picked up the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, artfully whisks readers away on a magical journey through London, Giant Country and beyond, to a realm of wild imagination." --TIME Magazine
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