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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/19/13

The BFG

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Roald Dahl
PUBLISHER: Puffin Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1984
AWARDS: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis prize in 1985, National Education Association "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a poll in 2007, School Library Journal "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time based on poll in 2012
GENRE: Fiction        READING LEVEL: 2-5
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A young girl is swept away in the middle of the night by the BFG (Big, Friendly Giant), and they go on a journey and build an extraordinary friendship.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students write down characteristics of the BFG and then define them as either physical traits or character traits.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Shaina Galvin - Valdosta State University

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