The BFG (slipcase gift ed) - Softcover

Dahl, Roald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141343443 ISBN 13: 9780141343440

Publisher: Puffin, 2012

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2012-09-06 Pages: 176 Language: English Publisher: Puffin Books When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant with a stride as long as a tennis court she is sure shes going to be eaten for breakfast. But luckily for Sophie. the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. whose favourite pastime is guzzling up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. Sophie is determined to stop all this. and so she and the BFG cook up an ingenious plan to rid of the world of the Bloodbottler. the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever.

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Product Description:

When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant with a stride as long as a tennis court she is sure she's going to be eaten for breakfast. But luckily for Sophie, the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours, whose favourite pastime is guzzling up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. Sophie is determined to stop all this, and so she and the BFG cook up an ingenious plan to rid of the world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever.

Review:

Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze of the early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer? Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh... Big Friendly Giant! This BFG doesn't seem all that F at first as he creeps down a London street, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land. And he's not really all that B when compared with his evil, carnivorous brethren, who bully him for being such an oddball runt. After all, he eats only disgusting snozzcumbers, and while the other Gs are snacking on little boys and girls, he's blowing happy dreams in through their windows. What kind of way is that for a G to behave?

The BFG is one of Dahl's most lovable character creations. Whether galloping off with Sophie nestled into the soft skin of his ear to capture dreams as though they were exotic butterflies; speaking his delightful, jumbled, squib-fangled patois; or whizzpopping for the Queen, he leaves an indelible impression of bigheartedness. (Ages 9 to 12) --Susan Harrison

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141343443
• ISBN 13: 9780141343440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176