Giant Children


Book Description

A rambunctious and irresistible collection of poems that looks at our world through a child's wide eyes. Hilarious illustrations by Tedd Arnold




My Daddy is a Giant


Book Description

A little boy's father seems so large to him that he needs a ladder to cuddle him and birds nest in his father's hair.




The Lonely Giant


Book Description

A little yellow bird eases a giant's loneliness and inspires him to mend his destructive ways.




The BFG (Colour Edition)


Book Description

'Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.' On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them?




The Giant of Jum


Book Description

"Fee!" he said, and "Fi!" he said, and "Fo!" he said and "Fum!" Look out children, the Giant of Jum is grumpy and hungry and he's off in search of a tasty snack. And the tastiest of all is a boy called Jack! But Jack and his friends don't see a scary giant, they see a magically tall man - a man who can fetch lost balls and rescue cats from trees! Perhaps this hungry giant is softer than he seems... An incredible rhyming text and a brilliant, big-hearted twist on a classic fairy tale, from the uniquely talented author and poet, Elli Woollard, and award-winning illustrator, Benji Davies. The Giant of Jum also contains an important message for all: don't eat kids, eat cake!




The Book of Giant Stories


Book Description

Includes "The Little Boy's Secret", "The Giant Who Was Afraid of Butterflies", and "The Giant Who Threw Tantrums."







The Giant's Children


Book Description

The families named Pughe, Lloyd, and Pryce have been born and raised for over 400 years underneath the mythical Giant's Chair. They are the Giant's Children. Their story begins with Richard son of Hugh who sold a part of Pughe land on the 9th of November 1625, and ends with the generation of Hugh Pughe Lloyd and his sister Catherine Pryce Lloyd, my mother, who both died in the 1980's. Family members have set out for London as drovers either to be wrestling champions at Smithfield, or guardians of their sons going up to Oxford University, others to be farmers, fell runners, teachers, tanners, dyers and printers, individuals who made their mark in the Cadair Idris locality.




The Giant Jam Sandwich


Book Description

In this funny and zany picture book, villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap the wasps that have invaded their town. It's a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. Young readers will love this lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was! Don't miss this classic funny read-aloud picture book!




The Green Giant


Book Description

A beautiful eco-tale from the winner of the Batsford Prize You've met the Iron Giant, the Big Friendly Giant and the Selfish Giant. Now meet the Green Giant! A young girl, Bea, and her dog, Iris, are staying with her grandad in the country. Bea is bored, but Iris’s adventures lead them to the small and rusty old greenhouse next door. Inside the greenhouse, Bea finds... a giant. A giant made entirely of plants and greenery. Bea is scared, but the giant reassures her and explains that he has escaped from the grey city. Bea and the giant become friends, but can they do anything to make the grey city, and the world, a greener place? A brilliant new picture book that highlights our concern for the environment, greening our cities, guerrilla gardening and making the world a better place. Katie Cottle was the winner of the Batsford Prize 2017 and is a rising star in the picture book world.