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The Bfg

By Roald Dahl

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| School & Library Binding | 9780808572718

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Book Description

"Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist."

Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Continue

"Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist."

Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Giant. He and Sophie cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of troggle-humping -- forever.

Performed by Natasha Richardson

Critics

  • The BFG By Roald Dahl

    When the kids are in car, one phrase you definitely don't want to hear is are we there yet? The sure cure for the travel blahs is a supply of entertaining audios to keep everyone happy, adults included. A dollop of Dahl might be just the thing, and 1 ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

  • The BFG

    This is not the kind of book you want to read at bedtime to lull your children asleep. Not because it's scary (although it has elements of that); not because some of the material will go over their heads (ditto, something for the parents to appreciat ... (read full critics)

    sfsite published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • This book was on my shelf (real one) and I didn't even know how it got up there (especially that this is an English one and I mostly read in French). Anyhow, this turned out to be a pretty good story. For children, yes, but still a pretty good one. As this was my first Roald Dahl's book, I'm looking ... (continue)

    This book was on my shelf (real one) and I didn't even know how it got up there (especially that this is an English one and I mostly read in French). Anyhow, this turned out to be a pretty good story. For children, yes, but still a pretty good one. As this was my first Roald Dahl's book, I'm looking forward to reading more!

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    Patricia said on Mar 19, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Absolutely love it. Who doesn't? But I have to say this is not my favourite one from Roald Dahl, although it's still very good.

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    Magdalene said on Aug 11, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I recently bought this for my son, so read it again muself, it was just as good as I remeber it as a child, I havn't read alot of his books, but seen a few films, and I just love them. I bought a box set of his books so will get round to reading them all.

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    Amz310783 said on Jun 1, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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