One of the illustrations by Quentin Blake, of Sophie and The BFG ... the 43-year-old wouldn’t stand in Giant Country, where The BFG’s giants live, as The Big Friendly Giant himself is 24ft ...

The BFG is a whoopsey-splunkers tale about a young ... he mailed one to the illustrator, Quentin Blake, to use as a model for the footwear in the book.

Illustrator Quentin ... Mr Blake said: "Now that is a difficult question," and pondered for a moment. All sorts of loveable characters could have been his choice. But, "It has to be the BFG ...

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“But human beans is squishing each other all the time,” the BFG said ... from The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, drawn by Quentin Blake Credit: Quentin Blake Very cold and icy.

And they come together in order to beat the bullies, basically the bad giants who are eating children,” says Evans. The kindhearted title character BFG stands well apart from the nine nasty ...

A Wallace and Gromit sculpture inspired by Roald Dahl and Sir Quentin Blake’s Big Friendly Giant (BFG) will form part of a ...