#36 in Children’s books
The BFG
- 208
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Film 2016 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“The BFG” is Roald Dahl at his most inventive and affectionate: a quick, funny adventure in which the giant’s scrambled way of speaking supplies most of the jokes. Some readers stumble over that invented dialect, and adults coming to it fresh may be less enchanted than children. It is a fine pick for young readers moving on to their first chapter books.
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About the book
The BFG 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.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1989 to 2016.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 771 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 84% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Children’s books average of 7.9 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 142 | 18% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 17 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 612 | 79% |
Frequently asked
What age is The BFG for?
The BFG sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 208 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Children’s books.
In this book
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