El Gran Gigante Bonachon

from miyurose

I liked this quite a bit more than Matilda, maybe because it is obviously fanciful from the start. It's hard to fault its "nice guys win" message. I loved the language in this... the whimsy instantly brings Dr. Seuss to mind. In fact, I may have to add "whizzpopper" to my own vocabulary (what a f...

from AuntJha

I just started reading this to Ethan. I could have sworn I read this as a child, but am realizing this is my first time...I have absolutely no recollection of this. I'm only about 5 pages in, but it is very good british (I think so far) tale. My favorite imaginary game as a child was called orpha...

from Amy_Marie

The BFG is the Big Friendly Giant who is unlike the other giants who are mean and like to eat children! The BFG instead likes to bring dreams to children. Little Sophie teams up with the BFG to stop the other mean giants in this humorous yet suspenseful story. The fun made up language makes this ...

from sradin2

I loved this book for many different reasons. The first reason is because of the language that was used throughout the book. I thought it was really entertaining as a reader to decode all of the crazy things that the BFG said. I also liked his language because it was very kid friendly and somethi...

from unlikelyaristotle

No one will ever beat Roald Dahl as King of Children's Fiction. I absolutely despise what passes these days for children's books, which I think lack imagination and basic morals (be kind to people, share with your friends, etc), save for a rare few (I have a seven year old sister so I take an int...