Books like The BFG / Matilda / George's Marvellous Medicine

This is a story about a big friendly giant, who snatches a little girl called Sophie from her bed and whisks her off to giant land. We find out that he isn’t as big or scary as Sophie first thinks; when we arrive in giant land and all the other giants are much larger and much more terrifying, gobbling up little boys and girls. We realise that the BFG actually only eats ‘snozzcumbers’ and not children at all. The friendship between the BFG and Sophie is heart-warming as they blow pleasant dreams into the bedrooms of little children. What a lovely story for children, Dahl has a way with words that shapes the imaginations of children, and encourages them to be experimental with language, in a way that few others manage. The playful language given to the BFG is wonderfully inventive, as is Dahl’s language throughout his works. A great book for children aged 7-11. A great read-aloud book, which will have groups of children engaged, and thoroughly enjoying the playfulness of the language.