The BFG (original 1982; edition 1982)

I wish I had a BFG of my own. He seems like such a cool guy to have around, what with his ridiculous stature and silly vocabulary. ( )

This story is about one little girl and one giant man.
Sophie saw BFG, so he took her,and they become a friend.
My favourite part is giant eat clockcoaches.
I don`t really know what is that thing.
But giant don`t like that thing, that`s funny.
And I think they meet Queen`s part is interesting.
When giant eating his meal, many peoples carry 8clocks.
It makes giant table.
Itwas awsome imagination.
I saw tiny world movie.
But this is very different.
At the end, It was so cool.
Sophi and giant become a friends and they have a good time.
I read this story very fun!
If I couldn`t read very well I will effort to read my best.
I`m looking for to Roald Dahl story.
this is very interesting! ( )

One night, when Sophie can't sleep, she goes and looks out the window -- even though she knows she will get in trouble for being out of bed if the orphanage matron catches her. On the dark street, she sees a humongous figure doing something mysterious with a trumpet-like instrument and a suitcase. When his gaze turns toward her window, she leaps back into bed, but it is too late: an enormous hand reaches in and snatches her. Fortunately, Sophie has been captured, not by a man-eating giant, but by the Big Friendly Giant (BFG) who eats only disgusting snozzcumbers and spends his time catching good dreams and sending them to children around the world. There are some nasty giants, though, and they do eat people regularly. The BFG would like to stop them, but it takes him and Sophie working together to come up with a plan.

I didn't like this one quite as much as Matilda, but it was all right. It has definite kid appeal, with the wild plot and a few touches of gross humor. Maybe if I had read this as a kid, I would have liked it -- but I think I waited too long to truly appreciate it. ( )

Lovely. I used to be terrified of the giants. But they wouldn't get me if I hid my head under the covers, right? ( )

This was one of my absolute favourite books when I was little. It's my second favourite Roald Dahl book, too -- you can probably guess the absolute favourite, if you know me just a little and Roald Dahl's more famous works... Anyway, I'll be reading that soon enough: for now, I'm talking about the BFG. Roald Dahl managed to make things very scary at the same time as everything was really going to be alright: it's alright to be turned into a mouse, and all the witches will be caught in the end; the queen of England will help you catch all the giants and everyone will be happy; you'll fly to America in a giant peach... But you still sort of want to curl up under the covers. Maybe if you put your head under the covers, giants won't be able to reach in and take you.

My favourite thing about this book is the BFG himself. The way he talks is terrific (and Roald Dahl gets to appeal to that icky-delightful grossness, with "whizzpoppers").

Quentin Blake's illustrations are the only ones that should be paired with Roald Dahl's writing. They're perfect for it. I bought the Kindle edition, since I couldn't find my copy, and was very pleased to discover it does include the illustrations -- it makes the pagination a bit weird at times, but I'm happy to make that sacrifice to get the pictures. They're reasonably well-rendered on the Kindle: sometimes a bit fuzzy, but they were black and white in my edition anyway, so that's no problem. The proofreading of the Kindle edition leaves something to be desired, though.

Still, I'm glad to be able to carry it around with me easily. I revisited the BFG many times when I was younger, and I'm sure I will again. ( )