# The BFG

**Author:** Roald Dahl
**Lexile:** 720L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 1982
**Page count:** 208
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780142410387`
**ISBN-10:** `0142410381`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-bfg
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A giant who blows dreams into children's windows befriends the orphan Sophie, and together they plot to stop the man-eating giants terrorizing the countryside. Dahl's invented vocabulary ("whizzpoppers," "snozzcumbers") makes it a favorite for 3rd-5th grade phonics-game units.

## Themes

- friendship
- courage
- imagination
- loneliness

## Content notes

- giants who eat children (fantastical)

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 7+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 4-5 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

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