5 Top middle grade books like The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

Cover of The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

The BFG

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It…

"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

If you liked the middle grade plot in The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By: Eric Carle

4.33

Format: 26 pages, Board book

THE all-time classic story, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 sec… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
"On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcak…"

-Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Cover of James and the Giant Peach: a Play by Roald Dahl, Richard R. George

2. James and the Giant Peach: a Play

By: Roald Dahl , Richard R. George

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Roald Dahl fans will rejoice at the opportunity to bring their favorite books and characters to lif… read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach: a Play book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

3. Green Eggs and Ham

By: Dr. Seuss

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

"Do you like green eggs and ham?" asks Sam-I-am in this Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss. In a house or w… read more

Similar categories in Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • humor
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play by Roald Dahl, Richard R. George

4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play

By: Roald Dahl , Richard R. George

3.83

Format: None pages,

Roald Dahl's much-loved story about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka's amazing… read more

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5. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. … read more

Similar categories in Lemony Snicket's The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

By: Dr. Seuss

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite kn… read more

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7. The Cat in the Hat

By: Dr. Seuss

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

Poor Sally and her brother. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . .… read more

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8. The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a … read more

Similar categories in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Might I,"

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"They're a pair of young Satans."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

9. The Lorax

By: Dr. Seuss

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." Lo… read more

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10. Where the Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls… read more

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Cover of The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

11. The BFG

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It… read more

Similar categories in Roald Dahl's The BFG book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • audiobook
  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"You is getting nosier than a parker."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Twenty-four feet is puddlenuts in Giant Country."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

12. Oh, The Places You'll Go!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medic… read more

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13. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Boys don't keep diaries--or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new ser… read more

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14. Dog Man (Dog Man, #1)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New from the creator of Captain Underpants, it's Dog Man, the #1 New York Timesbestselling, crime-b… read more

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15. The Witches: Plays for Children

By: Roald Dahl , David Wood

3.33

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

Dare you take on the role of the Grand High Witch? David Wood has created seven short plays to read… read more

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16. Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams , Rosemary Wells

4.20

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic… read more

Similar categories in E.B. White's Charlotte’s Web book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"With the right words you can change the world."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

17. The Giving Tree

By: Shel Silverstein

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception… read more

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18. Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss)

By: Alastair Heim

4.34

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The Grinch is BACK and ready to prove to the residents of Who- ville that he's changed. This heartw… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Heim's Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss) book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • humor
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. Fantastic Mr Fox

By: David Wood

4.37

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for the stage. read more

Similar categories in David Wood's Fantastic Mr Fox book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • fantasy
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Twits: A Play by David Wood

20. The Twits: A Play

By: David Wood

4.26

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Originally J. Cape, 1980. read more

Similar categories in David Wood's The Twits: A Play book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • fantasy
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Wonka by Sibéal Pounder

21. Wonka

By: Sibéal Pounder

4.02

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

WONKA tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker b… read more

Similar categories in Sibéal Pounder's Wonka book and Roald Dahl's The BFG

  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

11 best-selling fiction books like The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

Transform Your Habits

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

4.33

Transform Your Habits

James and the Giant Peach: a Play

Roald Dahl , Richard R. George

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

4.00

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

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8 best-selling fiction books like Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss) by Alastair Heim

Transform Your Habits

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Matilda

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.16

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