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An old classic

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024

With all the children's literature to choose from, this is a must read. If your child loves to laugh, he/she will truly enjoy this story. It will tickle their imagination as well as their funny bone. One of my favorites.

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Julie

It’s a great story, but the book falls apart on the first read

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2023

I had 25 copies of this book donated to my classroom. It’s a GREAT story, but these copies were falling apart on the first read! The spine is not sewn well, so the pages don’t tear but pop right out. Very poor quality of the book.

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Stephania

An old classic

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024

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Bought this to read with my grand kids. So much fun. It is for older elementary kids that can pick up on all the jumbled up words/idioms that Dahl likes to use in his stories. Great storytelling and we absolutely loved the last paragraph.

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Liz

Great read

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024

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Love the book my son had fun reading it

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Thefurmembers

Get it!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024

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Bought this book for my daughter because this was my favorite book when I was growing up. Book is perfect!

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amarcovio

Fun to read

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024

Great illustrations

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024

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My son loved this book. His first Dahl and he throughly enjoyed it.

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Michael B.

Book was a little bent

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024

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The book was bent but oh well. Tried the amazon locker today for tye first time and loved it

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Sciencegirl

Such a great book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024

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This book is charming and funny! My 10 year old daughter loves the book and also loves the movie!

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Janet

great for long car trips

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024

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Great story to listen to

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Bernie Gourley

A delightful story about an orphan girl and a Big Friendly Giant

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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This is an excellent, little story about a big, friendly Giant [hence, BFG.] The main characters are the BFG and an orphan named Sophie. The former abducts the later from her bed, which sounds terrible, but he’s conflicted about it. He snatches her because she saw him during his late-night work delivering good dreams to children, and he can’t have any witnesses lest the townspeople get pitch-forky with him. Sophie has no parents or siblings to miss her, and she doesn’t mind being away from the orphanage and making a Giant new friend, but she doesn’t wish to live out her life in Giant Country. While the BFG is a kind and delightful character, he’s the exception to the rule when it comes to Giants. Furthermore, because he lives off the snozzcumber [a repulsive vegetable] rather than dining on people, he’s a runt among his human-eating species. Therefore, he’s no match for his nine mischievous fellow residents of Giant Country. Sophie and the BFG work together to try to achieve an end that is pleasing for all parties concerned—well, except for the nine human-eating giants.

The story is clever, and the BFG character is well-developed and interesting. BFG is wise, but he has trouble with language owing to his lack of formal education and he often mixes it up in whimsical ways. He’s also conscientious about his work of catching dreams and delivering them into the bedrooms of sleeping children so they can have delightful dreams. He also takes bad dreams out of commission by catching them in a jar and keeping them on shelves in his cave. Sophie is smart and likable—if not as interesting than BFG.

The book is illustrated by Quentin Blake in the same style as the other Dahl books. The version I have has black-and-white line drawings, but there is color edition that may be more appealing to children.

This is a great story presented with humor, and I recommend it.

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