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The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 novel Danny, the Champion of the World . The book is dedicated to Dahl's oldest daughter, Olivia, who had died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962.
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Nov 1, 1982 · The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl. The start of the book begins with an eight-year-old orphan girl named Sophie lying in bed in an orphanage run by Mrs. Clonkers.
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Aug 16, 2007 · by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.7 12,156 ratings. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryand Matilda! One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant.
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- Roald Dahl, Adam Quidam, Quentin Blake
The BFG is a novel by Roald Dahl in which a young orphan named Sophie meets the Big Friendly Giant one night when she can't sleep. Sophie is unable to sleep one night, and she encounters the...
Jul 1, 2016 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Live Action. Disney presents a Roald Dahl classic directed by Steven Spielberg. In an imaginative tale filled with magic, wonder and unexpected friendship, a young girl is launched on an enormous adventure when she crosses paths with a mysterious being called the Big Friendly Giant.
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The BFG (short for "Big Friendly Giant") is a 1982 children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at age seven in 1962. [1] Contents. 1Plot.
Roald Dahl’s beloved novel hits the big screen in July 2016 in a major motion picture adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg from Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures. When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten.
