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1) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Barbara is the only thing that stands between terrible giants and the destruction of her small town. But as she boldly confronts her fears in increasingly dangerous ways, she begins to question everything she's always believed to be true.
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"With a noisy giant crashing around the kingdom, the Princess in Black uses the Sparkle Signal to call ALL her heroic friends together--for the biggest adventure yet"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
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...
5) A giant mess
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Molly learns the importance of cleaning up when she encounters a messy, stubborn giant.
6) Olive
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Perspective is everything in this visual exploration of what big and small can mean. Olive, the little girl climbing the beanstalk, is small in comparison to the giant who lives in the clouds. Once back on earth, however, she discovers she's a giant in her own way.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2013
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.
Author
Series
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Dragon masters volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lalo the baby lightning dragon has been taken by Eko, a rogue Dragon Master, who ran away with her thunder dragon years before--now she is back looking to make allies of the other dragon masters, and so gain control over all of the dragons in Griffith.
10) The giants' farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin QUIX
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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.
12) Muncle Trogg
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012], p2011
Language
English
Description
Bullied and despised for being human-sized, a young giant demonstrates his bravery and cleverness in a series of adventures.
13) Giants
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Pub
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Through centuries of storytelling, giants have evolved into monstrous fairy tale creatures with unique powers. This book explores many stories about giants and discusses their place in history as well as in today's society"--Provided by the publisher.
14) Giant giant
Author
Publisher
Milky Way Picture Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Every day, a giant spreads terror among the villagers of a peaceful town. He commands them to wash his underwear and to cook large feasts for him, or else he will stomp on the entire village! This overbearing giant does not seem to have a worry in the world! But his misfortune is about to strike, as a giant even more gigantic than him is about to take over."--
15) The BFG
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by an awesome giant who whisks her away on a magical and funny adventure. When Sophie learns that a monstrous crew of meanies is gobbling up children, she sets out to stop them once and for all, with the help of her new, rather large, friend. The enchanting children's book from author Roald Dahl comes to life in this classic, animated musical feature.
Author
Series
Once upon another time volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Seeking revenge from his loss in the Cursed City, the Golden King starts spreading shadow magic over the kingdoms, and according the fairy queens sacred book, only Lena can defeat him and his dark spells, but first she must prove she is worthy but completing three challenges.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Once there were five giants... It was a very hot summer at Fe-Fi-Fo-Farm and the perfect time for Grizzle, Dazzle, Grab, Grub, and Dab to go on a camping vacation. They packed up their tent and knapsacks, climbed into their van, and headed for a cool lake. But a swingy hammock, flopping fish, and a shaggy bear turn their vacation from peace and quiet into dread and disaster!"--
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Instead of returning from the fair with the goose Old Mother Twaddle told him to buy, her son Jack brings a single bean with magic properties, which grows nearly as high as the sun and which harbors a giant surprise. Adapted from The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of her Son Jack, written by B.A.T. and published in 1807 by J. Harris, London.
20) Giant Tess
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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.
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