The+BFG

A little girl orphan named Sophie was having trouble falling asleep one night. She looked out the window and notices a giant person. She gets kidnapped by the giant which goes by the name of BFG. She finds out later that BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant. He had to kidnap her because she saw him and no humans are allowed to know about the existence of the giants.He brought her to his home where she encounters other giants. The other giants eat humans and are not very nice to the BFG. Sophie comes up with a plan to go to the queen with the BFG and devise a plan to get rid of the other giants. It is the friendship and teamwork of the BFG and Sophie that will determine the fate of the rest of the world.
 * Summary/Review**

Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, South Wales in the United Kingdom. He was a very mischievious child. After getting beaten by the principal for putting a dead mouse in a candy jar, he was then sent off to boarding school. He graduated from Repton and took a job in Africa where he later signed up for the Royal Air Force. He was a fighter pilot in World War II. After suffering severe head injuries, he was sent to the U.S. to be an assistant air attache. He wrote a few articles in popular newspapers and magazines which was the spark of his writing career. In 1943, he wrote his first children's story, //The Gremlins.// In 1953, he married Hollywood actress Patricia Neal. They had five children. Each night before his children went to bed he would make up stories to tell them. These stories were the foundation for many of his novels. After creating many popular children's novels, Dahl died in 1990 (1).
 * Author Bio**

//The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Compete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka, Danny-the Champion of the World, The Enormous Crocodile, Esio Trot, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George's Marvelous Medicine, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The Gremlins, James and the Giant Peach, The Magic Finger, Matilda, The Twits, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke, The Witches// (2).
 * Other Children's Literature**


 * Awards**
 * 1954-** Wins Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award; **1959-** Wins second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award; **1972-** Wins New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (for [|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] ); **1973-** Wins Surrey School award (for [|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] ); **1975-** Wins Surrey School award (for [|Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator] ); **1978-** Wins Nene award (for [|Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator] ) and Surrey School award (for [|Danny the Champion of the World] ); **1979-** Wins California Young Reader Medal (for [|Danny the Champion of the World] ); **1980-** Wins third Mystery Writers of America award; **1982-** Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for [|The BFG] ) and Massachusetts Children's Award (for [|James and the Giant Peach] ); **1983-** Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for [|The Witches] ). Also wins World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award; **1984-** Wins Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis (for [|The BFG] ); **1985-** Wins Kurt Maschler award runner–up (for [|The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me] ) and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation (for [|Boy – Tales of Childhood] ); **1986-** Wins West Australian Award (for [|The Witches] ) and International Board on Books for Young People awards for Norwegian and German translations (for [|The BFG] ); **1988-** Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for [|Matilda] ); **1990-** Wins Smarties Award (for [|Esio Trot] ); **1997-** Wins Good Book Guide "Best Books of the Past 20 Years" (for [|The BFG] ); **1998-** [|Matilda] voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll; **2000-** Wins Millennium Children's Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (for [|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] ) (3).

On Christmas Day in 1989, ITV1 aired an animated film based on the book, with David Johnson providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. The film was dedicated to animator George Jackson who worked on numerous Cosgrove Hall Productions (4).
 * Historical Contexts**

Adventure, judgment not based by looks, friendship, teamwork.
 * Major Themes**

1. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Dahl-Roald.html#b 2. http://www.roalddahlfans.com/books.php 3. http://www.roalddahlfans.com/awards.php 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG
 * Citations**