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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.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
Six-year-old Lexy Tanz loves dancing so much that she wants to share her skills with others, and when she is becoming discouraged because no one wants lessons from a girl so small, a herd of hairy giants arrives to test her teaching ability.
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they're about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. "SQUASHY!" It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal...
5) 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...
7) 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.
10) The giants' farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
A big-hearted group of giants living on a farm have many hilarious adventures as they work together to call Fe-Fi-Fo Farm home sweet home.
11) Fantastic planet
Series
Criterion collection volume 820
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
This futuristic story takes place on a faraway planet where blue giants rule, and oppressed humanoids rebel against the machine like leaders.
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.
14) Giant Island
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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"--
17) 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.
18) 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.
Author
Series
Dragon masters volume 9
Formats
Description
The Dragon Masters are still reeling from the desertion of Rori and her fire dragon Vulcan, when Mina, a Dragon Master from the far north, arrives with a problem--King Lars needs a fire dragon to defeat the Ice Giant who has frozen his kingdom; and so the Dragon Masters set out to find Rori and convince her to help.
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