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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

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I is a dreamblowing giant,” the BFG said. “(...) I is scuddling away to other places to blow dreams into the bedrooms of sleeping children. Nice dream...more

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Thank goodness we don'y meet many people like [Miss Trunchbull] in this world, although they do exist and all of us are likely to come across at least...more

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So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,Go throw your TV set away,And in its place you can installA lovely bookshelf on the wall.Then fill the shelves w...more

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A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY

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I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans.

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It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think...more

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If you are good life is good.

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I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do it deliberately, just to annoy me.

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I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe t...more

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You is getting nosier than a parker.

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A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our...more

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There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nea...more

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Down vith children! Do them in!Boil their bones and fry their skin!Bish them, sqvish them, bash them, mash them!Brrreak them, shake them, slash them, ...more