I opened this book to find my 8 year old signature in the front cover and my own drawings spread throughout. One of which was Saddam Hussein hanging from a bellypopper (hmm...I wonder what was going on in 1990). So 21 years later, I finally picked this up to read it again.
A young girl witnesses a giant blowing a strange horn into a child's bedroom. The giant catches her staring and scoops her up and takes her back to the land of the Giants. We find out that he is the Big Friendly Giant while the 9 other giants are horrible human bean eaters. Together, the girl Sophie, and the BFG, devise a plan to convince the Queen of England to capture the giants and save the world from being eaten in their sleep.
As mentioned before, I believe the Dahl books are perennial classics because there is so much humor that children understand and they're just fun with clever characters and satisfying endings. Imagine reading the whizpopper section to a group of second graders and you will understand why they would love this books so much.
There's also a lot of fun word play which would be a fun language arts connection for homophones or homonyms.
Interest Level: Grades 3-6 Intended reading level: Grade 4
Genre: Humor, fiction, fantasy
Comparable Titles: The Twits and all other Dahl, The Series of Unfortunate Events
Book connections: Bug-catching net, empty jars with dream labels, briefcase
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