An edition of The BFG (1980)

The BFG

Scholastic Inc. 53rd Printing: this ed. is only available for distribution through the school market.

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Cover of: The BFG by [By] Roald Dahl / Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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An edition of The BFG (1980)

The BFG

Scholastic Inc. 53rd Printing: this ed. is only available for distribution through the school market.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.17 ·
  • 124 Ratings
  • 1052 Want to read
  • 87 Currently reading
  • 174 Have read

Kid-snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling canny-b 38287910ull giants.

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Scholastic Inc.
Language
English
Pages
207

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Subjects
Open Library Staff Picks, Roald Dahl, Tweens, Teens, Teenagers, YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction, Fantasy, Make-believe, Literature, Chapters, Chapter Book, Books, Story, Stories, Humor, Funny, Adventure, Friendly, Giants, Orphans, Kidnapping, Dreamcatcher, Children's fiction, Giants, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Humorous stories, Juvenile works, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Magie, Humour, Friendship, Rescues, Translations into Chinese, Tong hua, Tales, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Reuzen, Jeugdboeken ; verhalen, Children's stories, English, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-paperback=2016-06-26, New York Times bestseller, Gigante, Novela juvenil, Huéfanos, Bien y mal, Fantasy & Magic, Spanish language materials, Child and youth fiction, Juvenile drama, Children's plays, English
People
The BFG, Sophie, (Fictitious characters) British, The Queen of England, Mr. Tibbs
Places
England, Ying guo, Unknown World
Times
Xian dai

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BGA: o Bom Gigante Amigo, O
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The BFG
2016, Puffin Books
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Chui meng ju ren
2016, Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
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The BFG
2016, Alfaguara
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The BFG
2016, Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
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El gran gigante bonachon
2013, Alfaguara Juvenil
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내 친구 꼬마 거인
2007, Sigong Chuniŏ
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Roald Dahl
Apr 06, 2006, n/a
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SVJ
2000, Tiden
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The BFG
1998, Puffin Books
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The BFG
January 1,1982, Scholastic Inc.
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Edition Notes

Printed & Published in the U.S.A. "A Trumpet Club special edition."

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Scholastic Inc. books
Copyright Date
1982 by Roald Dahl (text); 1982 by Quentin Blake (illus)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.D1515 Bf 1985

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
207p. [1p.bk]
Number of pages
207
Dimensions
6.75 x 4.13 x .5 inches
Weight
5.6 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27934752M
ISBN 10
0590060198
ISBN 13
9780590060196
LCCN
85000566
OCLC/WorldCat
38287910
Library Thing
1513
Goodreads
19804448

Work Description

This book is a great book for all ages. It is a fantasy/adventure book.The BFG stands for 'Big Friendly Giant'. He isn't like other giants, instead of going out to different countries to eat children he catches dreams. When he find's a little orphan girl watching him, he kidnaps her because he doesn't want anyone to find out that he was there, but when they arrive at giant's land they become friends and set off into the world to save all the children from the hungry giants.

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