Quentin Blake

The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many meanings of "up."

A bored witch causes trouble when she decides to take revenge on an old man, but her mischief leads to a happy ending.