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  • The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl.

  • It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World

  • The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962

  • As of 2009, the novel has sold 37 million copies in UK editions alone, with more than 1 million copies sold around the world every year.