Publishing Information: Puffin Books (206 pgs)
Awards: none
Summary: The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) is written about the many adventures of the giant with a little girl that he captured when she woke up one night while the BFG was trying to steal her dreams. The BFG and Sophie go on many different adventures to ultimately try and stop all the bone-crunching giants once and for all. This is an account of all the exciting things that these two friends run into.
Personal Rating: ***Good-this book is a little hard to read aloud due to the made-up words and language.
Possible integration: This book reinforces and gives the teacher ample opportunity to use their context clues. Because of all the nonsense words, it is imperative for the students to use their context clues to figure out what the word is they are discussing.
The use of figurative language in this is very dramatic. This gives teachers the opportunity to discuss the different types of figurative language and how they are used in writing.
Reading Level: 5.8
Interest Level: 3-5
Potential Problems: The amount of nonsense words make it extremely difficult to read and to understand. It is important to use those context clues to figure out what is being discussied.
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