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The BFG
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The BFG

Written by Roald Dahl

Narrated by David Walliams

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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"Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print." -The New York Times


Captured by a giant!

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!

Soon to be a Steven Spielberg film!




From the Compact Disc edition.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 3, 2013
ISBN9781101632512
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The BFG
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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) es un autor justamente famoso por su extraordinario ingenio, su destreza narrativa, su dominio del humor negro y su inagotable capacidad de sorpresa, que llevó a Hitchcock a adaptar para la televisión muchos de sus relatos. En Anagrama se han publicado la novela "Mi tío Oswald" y los libros de cuentos "El gran cambiazo" (Gran Premio del Humor Negro), "Historias extraordinarias", "Relatos de lo inesperado" y "Dos fábulas". En otra faceta, Roald Dahl goza de una extraordinaria popularidad como autor de libros para niños.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is an all time favorite read for me! In Dahl's book readers get to experience adventure along with Sophie and the BFG through descriptive, engaging writing whether it's placing dreams into the Queen of England's head or imagining the awful stench of Snozzcumbers. The BFG character is incredibly well developed and Dahl does a great job at humanizing him. This is a great read for people of all ages, and would be great for entertaining school- age children! (Grades 2-3) The main themes of the book include friendship, justice and teamwork- even when your team is an unexpected pair.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I don’t remember reading this book as a kid, but I loved it as an adult. The BFG is the Big Friendly Giant who blows dreams into children’s rooms while they are sleeping - a stark contrast to the other giants, who eat children! I really enjoyed the book and am looking forward to comparing it to the movie!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Sophie is captured late one night, as can happen when one can’t fall asleep. Luckily for her, the giant who took her is not like the rest of his kind, for he is kind and gentle (a little on the short side too, at nearly 24 feet). He doesn’t want to eat Sophie and doesn’t dine on children (or any “human beans”). The BFG, as he comes to be known, eats veggies and a fizzy drink which cause him to “whizzpop”. Although he is a giant, he has a heart of gold and enjoys giving kids pleasant dreams, which he stores and blows into their rooms while they are dozing. Sophie and the BFG become fast friends. When Sophie finds out that the other giants have a plan to devour lots of other children, she begs the BFG to help her save them. She has a plan, but it won’t work if she tries it alone. Will Sophie and the BFG be able to save the unsuspecting humans? Will the other giants find out what they are up to? Is it really possible for a giant and a human child to be friends? You will have to read this book to find out!

    I have read most of Roald Dahl’s books, and I enjoyed The BFG. The main characters are easy to relate to for different reasons. I appreciated the BFG's sensitivity and Sophie’s determination. I loved all of the fun made up words throughout the book. There are lots of quirky details, which I have come to expect from this author. I found myself laughing out loud as I pictured some of the scenes. I think this book would appeal to kids in third grade and up (younger kids would enjoy having it read to them). The BFG has a way of talking that can take some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it- his personality pops off the pages. I liked the themes in this book about good and evil, and that friendships can happen where we least expect them. This was another reminder that we shouldn’t judge books or people by their covers and that we should laugh often!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was a cute book. Some very valuable lessons throughout. I'm very excited to see the movie.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
     I LOVED this little book! Roald Dahl is my new children's author hero. I listened to this book on audio and absolutely loved it. The narrator did a great job of making the characters come to life with all their voices. It was such a fun story and I really fell in love with it and the characters. Though definitely a children's book, I think any adult who loves the whimsical world of children's fantasy will appreciate this one.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Leuk Gulliverachtig verhaal over een misbegrepen reus. Voorgelezen aan mijn kinderen, die het erg waardeerden
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Lovely clever little book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Funny story, espescially when read out loud I think with all the ridiculous words the BFG is using. I am curious now about how translators managed so I'll have a look at the Dutch version for fun.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I think I forgot what happily ever after feels like. I enjoyed reading this book in one sitting. I love Roald Dahl. I wish I read this when I was little.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very cute story. Can't wait for the movie to see it come to life. Sophie is an orphan and one night she notices a large shadow moving around and looking into windows. All of a sudden that shadow looks right at her and snatches her from her window. This is a story about Sophie and her Big Friendly Giant.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I tried to read this book to the children, some were, bored others were scared, some had already read it. It is the first book I didn't finish reading.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Typical Roald Dahl -- just sweet enough but infused with salty wit and just enough preposterous humor to make the dark undercurrents all the better as leavening for what is, really, a charming and whimsical story. Mostly. Well worth the very quick read, even for cynical adults who may think that a book that features fart jokes in the presence of the Queen of England beneath them. If you think so, you are missing out on the good fun of _The BFG_!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book as a child and it certainly lives up to that expectation now. The Big Friendly Giant, who is actually quite small by giant standards, joins forces with a little girl to stop the mean nasty human eating giants. The bits about dreams are especially lovely. It was a delight to watch my son's face as the story unfolded.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a very cute book but should be read with caution to younger students. Some students may be fearful with the giants plucking "chiddlers" out of their beds at night and eating them. The BFG is a friendly giant that tries to save all the little "chiddlers". His mixed us language is hilarious and is a great way for students with a good command of basic grammar to pick out the mistakes in what he says and the mixed up words he uses. The vocabulary is so creative and funny it would be neat to put a list of the words on the board and have students make up definitions for them based solely on the words and then when reading the story see if they were correct. They could then change their definitions to fit the use of the word in the story. IT would also be fun to give students a definition and have them make up a funny word for that definition. Playing with words is fun. The book has a great ending with the bad giants being captured and the BFG moving near the Queen with all of his precious phizzwizards and ringbellers.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Sophie sees a giant wandering around during the witching hour, she can't believe her eyes! The BFG kidnaps her and takes her to the land of giants where she learns all kinds of things--including how to save others from the man-eating giants. This is a book that is great fun and there are rumors that it will be made into a movie in 2016. Read it before you see it!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Leuk Gulliverachtig verhaal over een misbegrepen reus. Voorgelezen aan mijn kinderen, die het erg waardeerden
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    fun, fun, fun
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a cute story of two unlikely friends, a giant and an orphan. The book starts with Sophie in an orphanage and being taken in the middle of the night by the BFG. The go back to Giants land where no human is allowed to go or they will be eaten. The BFG hides her in his house and takes care of Sophie. The problem is the other Giants get the sence there is a human near by and go on a man hunt. I would use this story as a read aloud in class to introduce chapter books, and use picture to text reading strategies.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The BFG by Roald Dahl tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a little orphan, Sophie, and her uneducated abductor, the BFG. The central message of this book is one of friendship and courage: With a good friend, good ideas, and a healthy dose of courage, anything is possible. Throughout the book, Sophie learns to love and trust the Big Friendly Giant, and he loves her fiercely in return. The development of each character individually and as a team is the most powerful literary element of this book. The reader will feel empathetic for the BFG as he has been bullied his whole life by the other giants in the story who happen to be fearsome man-eating giants. When the two are not hiding from the horrid giants, they have moments of hilarity when they drink frobscottle which causes them to pass gas with such force, they fly through the sky like a balloon. Moments like these and other adventures though the book, seal their fate as friends forever. Together, they are able to use their friendship and trust in each other to defeat the man-eating giants and save the day. Note: This story does have elements of violence which will need to be discussed. Also, the giant speaks in a phonetic manner often making mistakes with his grammar and spelling which can be fun, but it can add difficulty.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Largely "Meh." Like most of Dahl's work, it was a good idea poorly executed in my opinion.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Wonderful, fanciful story. Though I did most of the reading given the BFG's confusing speech.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Cute and at times whopsywhiffling. But the BFG's dialectables of the Englitch landwitch got a bit bunkdoodling fairly quickly. Is I right or is I left?
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoyed this book somewhat. I liked the message of the story, which was you can do anything you can put your mind to. I found that the plot of the story was easy to follow. The whole plot flowed easily and made sense. It was extremely creative and I found it believable, because I understood the characters so well. I really liked the relationship between Sophie and the BFG because they both learn things from each other. Sophie learns that the rules she had always been taught to follow weren't necessary the right ones from what the BFG tells her. For example, when Sophie sees the dream is moving and says it is cruel not to feed something that is alive, the BFG tells her, "The north wind is alive...It touches you on the cheek...But nobody is feeding it." This confuses Sophie, but she just accepts his statement. The BFG learns that he is capable of many things because Sophie demands it from him when she asks him to make a dream for the Queen. Something that I really did not like about the book was all the scrambled and made-up words, such as "Dahl's Chickens", :muckfrumping:, and ""gobblefunking". I found that I became so lost in them at times I couldn't figure out what the BFG was saying.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I have no real idea as to why it took us so darn long to finish this book. It started as a bed time book but the text was too small to read in low light...so we began to read a chapter while waiting for the school bus. Speaking in the manner of the BFG was difficult. My 6 year old wanted this to be the first full length chapter book she read to me...but with the language of the BFG it was just much too difficult. I stopped looking forward to reading this one about the middle. But I will be honest it seemed to pick up some steam at the end and had a better finish then start. I would have given this one three stars but as she was heading down the drive way this morning she proclaimed the Big Friendly Giant to be her new favorite character. That alone earns the book another star in my eyes!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I like this book and did not like this book for a few reasons. I enjoyed the plot of the story. I enjoyed how Sophie and the BFG became friends and worked together in order to try and stop the other not so friendly giants from eating people. I thought I was really cute how they went to so much trouble to have the Queen dream the dream in order to tell her about the bad things that were happening. One thing I did not like about the book however was the writing. Sometimes it became hard to follow because of all the made up words. Words such as gobblefunk, squiff-squiddled, and slushbungle, were all very difficult words to figure out. Although context clues helped me understand, it still was a little difficult to read smoothly. I think the overall message of this book was about bravery and friendship. It showed the friendship between Sophie and the BFG and how they were a brave pair to try and stop the other giants and save people all around the world from being eaten.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book takes place in a world of giants, where giants roam around and typically love to eat "human beans." All except for the Big Friendly Giant that is, who is actually much smaller than the other giants, but is friendly to humans. Eventually, The BFG and his new human friend, a child named Sophie, convince the Queen of England to capture all the other giants, to prevent them from eating any more people.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I liked reading this book. I liked the book because of the inventive and creative vocabulary and because of the illustrations. The author incorporated fun and invent vocabulary that the BFG used whenever he spoke. He said things like "It's a golden phizzwizard!" This use of vocabulary makes for a much more entertaining read. I also liked that illustrations were incorporated into the chapter book. The images gave the reader a better idea of the proportions between the giants and real people. It allowed the reader to visualize the story better. My favorite illustration is the one of the BFG catching dreams while Sophie watches. The main message I took from this story is to not be afraid to stand up and do something about what you think is right.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is my favorite Roald Dahl book and I loved doing read alouds with it in my classroom. The students love the nonsense words that the giants use and have a fun time figuring out what they mean.The BFG steals young Sophie from her room at an orphanage in London. At first she is frightened but she soon realizes that the BFG is not the usual bone crunching, blood thirsty giant. He is actually quite nice and friendly and does not fit in with the other giants. He carefully keeps Sophie hidden so the others will not find out about her and eat her. Together, Sophie and the BFG stop all the other giants from gobbling up other children in England.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book for many different reasons. The first reason is because of the language that was used throughout the book. I thought it was really entertaining as a reader to decode all of the crazy things that the BFG said. I also liked his language because it was very kid friendly and something that young readers would be able to relate to and find humorous. Another reason why I liked the book is because of the illustrations. Even though there weren't many illustrations, I felt that they were always included at the right times. The illustrations helped the reader visual the crazy abstract things that were occurring to the characters. In my opinion, the overall message of this book is to not judge a book by its cover and to remember that everyone deserves a friend.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book had many take-away messages. The book's themes revolve around judgement (don't judge a book by it's cover), the power of the individual to make a difference, the power of friendship, and sticking to your morality in the face of adversity.I liked this book for a few reasons. I really enjoyed the character of the BFG. He was charming, warm-hearted, and, as his name would indicate, very friendly. I also quite enjoyed the BFG's steadfast nature, especially pertaining to his morals. For example, he knew in his heart that it was wrong for giants to eat humans and stuck by this belief no matter what. Even when the other giants bullied him and even physically harmed him, he was steadfast in protecting Sophie and, subsequently, other human beings. These character traits are admirable and memorable.I also quite enjoyed the BFG's language and dialogue in this book. His dialogue was always humorous, playful, and enjoyable to read. For example, he always refers to human beings as "human beans" which is humorous because that is often how we pronounce "beings.' His made up words are hysterical as well. For example, one paragraph reads: "'You are once again gobblefunking!' the Giant shouted. 'Don't do it! This is a serious and snitching subject!'" Ultimately, the BFG's language adds to the whimsical, fantastical, and comical nature of the novel, and I enjoyed it tremendously.