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Author
Series
Themis files volume 1
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
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. Includes historical notes on versions of this tale.
4) Giants
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Polyphemus the one-eyed cyclops to Baba Yaga the hag of Eastern Europe, learn about the many legends and mysteries surrounding these fascinating creatures.
5) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphange 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
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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...
9) Mangaboom
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Daniel meets a giant named Mangaboom who lives in a mango tree and takes him to tea at her auntie's house.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Ostracized by her peers because of her rapidly increasing height, Ruth realizes that she has also developed the ability to perceive the experiences of others and glimpses the inner lives of those around her and the ways in which World War II shaped all of their lives.
12) A giant problem
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.
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"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 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
Hamster princess volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Princess Harriet climbs an enormous beanstalk, she finds an even bigger surprise--a giant rabbit is keeping a goose and a girl who is half-harp-half-hamster as prisoner, and it's up to Harriet to save the day"--
17) Awesome
Author
Publisher
MacAdam/Cage Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
196 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
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.
19) Two so small
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy on his way to visit his grandmother gets lost in the land of the giants and helps a baby giant in need of comfort.
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