Boys/Girls
The Big Friendly Giant! Who can resist a story about a giant that creeps around London, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land. This story, typical to Roald Rahl is all about imagination. After all, who else could conceive of a giant galloping off, with Sophie nestled into his ear, to capture dreams as though they were exotic butterflies; speaking his jumbled, squib-fangled patois; or whizzpopping for the Queen?
I must have read this book a million times. What I remember after all these years are the strong visuals- the dreams floating around in mason jars, Sophie sitting on the Queens windowsill, the strange language and the paradox of expectations (a kind giant??). On a pedagogical note I guess this book truly promotes imagination, proactive-ness (you want something done, do it!) and of course, there is a message about friendship that can't go unmentioned.
movie: yes (animated)
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