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1) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Description
Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Fountas & Pinnell
L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Snow covers the kingdom, making it a perfect day for the Princess in Black and her friends to build snow monsters--until a huge foot smashes the monsters and everything else in its path. SQUASHY! Could a stomping giant be the biggest problem yet for the Princess in Black?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Dragon masters volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
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
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume, unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this humorous version of the traditional tale, Jack's magic beanstalk produces so many beans that soon everyone in the village is sick of eating them, and mad at Jack, and when he climbs the beanstalk he finds that Mr. Giant is equally fed up with beans-- but fortunately Mrs. Giant suggests a solution to their diet problem.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Annabeth and Percy have tumbled into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through the Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors...
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
202 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nick, Julies, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
100 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.
Author
Series
Once upon another time volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lena has a problem: she is a twelve-year-old giant child, but she is still only the size of a human: rejected by the giant king, she and her enormous talking cat, Rufus, go down to the human world seeking some magic that will restore her to her rightful status; Jin is a twelve-year-old genie, not yet allowed his full powers, and at the moment tied, for two more wishes, to the Golden King, an annoying, nasty tyrant who has sent him on a quest--and...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003.
Fountas & Pinnell
I
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
George the giant, known for wearing his old patched clothes, finally buys new ones, but then gives them away to some needy animals.
Author
Series
Kingdom of Wrenly volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mischief-makers Prince Lucas, his best friend Clara, and Ruskin the scarlet dragon learn to respect the hard work of others when they are sent to Flatfrost to fetch more ice from the giants who live there.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged), (some folded) : color illustrations ; 41 cm.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary pop-up book that reveals the secrets of the most famous fairy-tale villains--the giant, the wolf and the witch--with interactive flaps, a twist on well-known tales, and personality cards for each villain. Lift the flaps to see the diabolical thoughts inside the villains' heads, what hides beneath their disguises, or the victims of their last meals (now comfortably settled inside their stomachs!). Read all about each villain on their...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
101 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After battling fireball-throwing Titans, the young Olympians find themselves on a double quest: Not only must they find more Olympians that Cronus has swallowed, but they're also in search of magic seeds that will help rejuvenate the earth after the terrible drought that plagued the lands, thanks to Hyperion. But a wind-throwing giant named Typhon has other ideas. Can the Heroes in Training withstand the storms that are coming their way?"--Information...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Aladdin pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
110 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can't swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing sirens, a fishy and ferocious Titan named Oceanus, and...
Author
Series
Thunder Girls volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover/paperback edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Skade, the goddess of skiing, is known as one of the best athletes--and a top student--at Asgard Academy. But lately, she's been in a slump. When three giants appear and offer to mend the rift between the worlds by organizing a big ski competition, Skade feels like this is her chance to prove herself again. But much to Skade's embarrassment she's named an alternate instead of a member of the starting team. Aside from Skade's disappointment, something...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number only sixwho will complete the Prophecy of Seven? The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea....
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.
19) Mr. Greedy
Author
Publisher
Ottenheimer
Pub. Date
c1980
Physical Desc
[31] p. : col. ill. ; 13 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Greedy loves to eat, until a giant forces him to join him for lunch.
Author
Series
Publisher
Allen and Unwin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
987 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tashi comes from a place very far away. He escaped from a war lord and flew to this country on the back of a swan. He's as brave as he's clever, and he tells the best stories ever!. Giants, ghosts, witches... Bandits, demons, monsters... Tashi is always ready for anything."-- Cover.
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