Monday, February 26, 2007

The BFG by Roald Dahl

My daughter and I loved this book. The BFG is the Big Friendly Giant who kidnaps Sophie from an orphanage. Turns out, he’s not so big compared to other giants, but he is very friendly. Now, he must protect Sophie from these other giants who would love to eat her. These giants roam the world every night gorging themselves on the different flavors of human beans. BFG doesn’t eat human beans, only snozzcumbers, so Sophie is safe with him. The language in this novel is delightful--human beans, whiffsquiddler, frobscottle, trogglehumper and more. Want to know what they mean? Read the book. You won’t be sorry! Four out of four bookworms.

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