What makes ‘The BFG’ a much loved book?

 

 

            The story follows a young orphaned girl named Sophie, living in a girl’s orphanage. One night, Sophie sees a cloaked giant blowing something via a trumpet-like object into a bedroom window down the street. Subsequently, the giant carries her to his homeland of Giant Country. There, he identifies himself as the Big Friendly Giant (BFG), who blows bottled dreams into the bedrooms of children every night. He tells her about the other type of giants that eat humans, mostly children. He also warns her not to leave him as the other giants are dangerous. But Sophie does escape from there. Do you want to know how?

            Then, read the book ‘The BFG’ written by one of the most famous writers for children-Roald Dahl. It was published in the year 1982. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl’s 1975 book ‘Danny, the Champion of the World’.

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