12 Facts About The BFG

The BFG is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The BFG explains that although most giants do eat humans, he does not, because he is the Big Friendly Giant, or BFG.

The BFG explains, in a unique and muddled speech, that his nine neighbours are much bigger and stronger giants, who all happily eat humans every night.

The BFG takes Sophie to Dream Country, but is bullied along the way by his neighbours, led by Fleshlumpeater, the largest and strongest.

Sophie watches the BFG catch two dreams—while one would be a good dream, the other is a nightmare.

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The BFG uses it on Fleshlumpeater, who has a dream about a giant-killer named Jack and accidentally starts a brawl with his companions.

The BFG's navigates the giant to Buckingham Palace, where he places her in the Queen's bedroom.

The BFG then gives the Queen a nightmare which closely parallels real events; because the BFG placing Sophie in her bedroom was part of the dream, the Queen believes her and speaks with the giant over breakfast.

The BFG receives the official title of Royal Dream-Blower, and continues bestowing dreams upon children; he learns to speak and write more intelligibly, writing a book identified as the novel itself, under another's name.

The BFG first appears as a story told to Danny by his father in Danny, the Champion of the World.

The BFG has won numerous awards including the 1985 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis as the year's best children's book, in its German translation Sophiechen und der Riese and the 1991 Read Alone and Read Aloud BILBY Awards.

TV series based on The BFG is being developed as part of Netflix's "animated series event", based on Roald Dahl's books.