Description
I is the GUID FREENDLY GIANT!
I is the GFG.
Ae nicht, sophy is wheeched fae her bed in the orphanage by the muckle haund o a giant. Lucky for her, it belangs tae the Guid Freendly Giant. The GFG disna eat wee lassies. He jist eats footsie feechcumbers an drinks fuzzleglog. But there are ither giants that are no sae freendly an that snashter up slaversome human beans for their tea.
Read Susan Rennie's new translation tae find oot if Sophy an her new freend can think on a sleekit ploy tae stap the likes o the Bluidsqueesher, the Girslegorbler, the Slaistermaister, an their hail ugsome clan!
Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. And there's only one giant who can stop them - the BFG.
About the Author
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No.1 storyteller. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal and taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours. Susan Rennie is a writer, researcher and lexicographer. She was Editor of the Dictionary of the Scots Language and the Historical Thesaurus of Scots projects at the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow. She has worked on The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Chambers Dictionary and is the chief editor of the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary. Susan has written several books in Scots for children, including The GFG: The Guid Freendly Giant (The BFG in Scots) and The Derk Isle, the first Scots translation of Tintin. Susan Rennie is a writer, researcher and lexicographer. She was Editor of the Dictionary of the Scots Language and the Historical Thesaurus of Scots projects at the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow. She has worked on The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Chambers Dictionary and is the chief editor of the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary. Susan has written several books in Scots for children, including The GFG: The Guid Freendly Giant (The BFG in Scots) and The Derk Isle, the first Scots translation of Tintin.
Book Information
ISBN 9781785300400
Author Roald Dahl
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Black and White Publishing
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 10mm
