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1) The BFG
Author
Language
English
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) Abiyoyo
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
46 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
Author
Series
Themis files volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. Today: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. A swift and spellbinding tale told almost exclusively through transcriptions of interviews conducted by a mysterious and unnamed character,...
Author
Series
Beast quest volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
76 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tom and Elenna must face another beast, Cypher, the one-eyed giant who is causing mudslides and avalanches in the mountains of Avantia.
7) Big Jeremy
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his clumsiness causes problems for his small neighbors, Jeremy, a friendly giant, decides to run away.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this version of the traditional tale, a young giant chases Jack down the beanstalk to rescue his beloved hen and meets other Jacks from various nursery rhymes along the way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
New ed. /
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oscar Wilde's collection of fairy stories, which he made up for his own sons, are among the greatest and most poignant classics for children and adults alike. Humor, pathos, delightful little characters abound in the stories of The Happy Prince and the Swallow who agrees to keep him company despite approaching winter; the Selfish Giant, who doesn't want children playing in his garden, and the Remarkable Rocket. In addition, there are those who are...
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--
13) The giant's toe
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
1986
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A giant accidentally cuts off his toe and it develops a character of its own.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
254 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teaming up with new friend Zita the spacegirl, Jack and Lilly confront an army of dangerous giants and screeds ready to lay siege to Earth and determined to end all human life.
17) The giants' farm
Author
Publisher
Seabury Press
Pub. Date
c1977
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of distinctly different giants have problems to solve when they decide to live together on a farm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
587 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Summer 1978. A young boy disappears without a trace from a moutain cabin. His mother claims he was carried away by a giant. He is never found. Twenty-five years later, another child goes missing. This time there's a lead: a single photograph taken by Susso Myren. Myren has devoted her life to the search for trolls, legendary giants known as stallo, who can control human thoughts and assume animal form. Convinced that trolls are real, she follows...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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.
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