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1) The BFG
Author
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
2) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
"Spielberg offers a gallery of unforgettable images to illuminate a surprisingly...
3) Bath party!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 2 sheets of stickers.
Description
Norville the dragon is covered in mud, but does not like baths, so Gina and Wally plan a bath party to get him clean.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
When Jack, a poor boy, trades some of his homemade bean pies for magic beans, they lead him to a strange new world above the clouds where he must must rely on his wits and cooking skills to avoid being eaten by giants. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.
10) Giant Island
Author
Formats
Description
"In this wondrous book by award-winning fantasy author Jane Yolen and award-winning fantasy illustrator Doug Keith, two children and a dog explore the coves and caves of a tiny island. Under the watchful eye of Grandpa, the kids are thrilled to discover ahuge surprise: the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and wind-swept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem"--
12) Giant Tess
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Being the only giant around, Tess wants more than anything to be like everyone else, but when she and Smokey, her dragon best friend, use their height to help save the big parade, Tess suddenly realizes that she is just the right size.
13) Abiyoyo returns
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding.
15) The lonely giant
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
When a forest giant finds himself alone after smashing trees and scaring the forest animals, he decides to find a way to bring back the woodland bloom and make friends.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth, the giants strive to reclaim the land they one lost, forcing Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed...
Author
Series
Lost years of Merlin volume Prequel
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Description
When a terrible attack forces young, peace-loving giant Shim and his mother to flee the magical isle of Fincayra and a wager shrinks him down to the size of a man's knee, they must embark on a perilous journey to reach the only person who could possibly help them, the mysterious Domnu.
Author
Series
La Galera popular volume 12
Publisher
La Galera
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
[23] p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
A retelling of Jack and the beanstalk in which a boy climbs a beanstalk and outwits a giant.
19) I kill giants
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Barbara Thorson, a girl battling monsters both real and imagined, kicks butt, takes names, and faces her greatest fear in this bittersweet, coming-of-age story!
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Let your imagination run wild with your favorite dog, Wishbone. The adventurous little terrier takes you on fantastic journeys inside your favorite storybook tales. Join the Merry Men and follow Robin Hood in Paw Prints of Thieves as he robs from the rich to give to the poor. In Hot Diggety Dawg and The Impawssible Dream, band together with Don Quixote and Jules Verne's Professor Liedenbrock to vanquish giants and monsters and more.
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