Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.’

On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, whoonlyeats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them?

Roald Dahl(19161990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains inBoy, he turned down the idea of university in favour of a job that would take him to “a wonderful faraway place.” In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attach in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children’s books brought him increasing popularity, and whenhe died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.

Quentin Blake‘s first book,Patrick, was published in 1968 and was followed by classics such asMister Magnolia,All Join In,andClown. He is best known for illustrating Roald Dahls books. A patron of the Association of Illustrators,he was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980 and the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, and was the inaugural British Childrens Laureate from 1999 to 2001.

Author:Roald DahlIllustrator: Quentin BlakeFormat: PaperbackProduct dimensions: 384 pages, 7.77 X 5.07 X 1 inPublished: September 13, 2022Publisher:Puffin Canada

Recommended for ages 8-12.