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Readers are invited into the fascinating world of Giants, including solving the mysteries of what a Giant keeps in his sack, Giant costume and clothing, the life cycle of Giants and the mindboggling evidence of Giants that can be found today in landscape features around the world. Meet the world's most famous Giants, including Goliath, Gogmagog, Polyfemus, and the 9'3" Child of Hale. A fascinating and beautifully presented volume not to be missed! No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresNo genres Melvil Decimal System (DDC)398.45Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Paranatural and legendary phenomena as subjects of folklore Paranormal beings of human and semihuman formLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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Now, I'm not dragging the book for being children's literature (I wouldn't be pleasant company if I made the habit of that), but even as children's literature, it fails to engage and just doesn't understand the age group it's going for.
For example, there are some pretty wordy passages here, like "legate, boughs, clitter," and "espied"; words that no child would ever know. And, by the time you do learn those words, the book starts to sound patronizing. Like, do you seriously have to sell that giants are real? Everybody knows by now that they are, who are they trying to convince?
In short, I wish that the book could've been better. I'm sad, mad, but worst of all, disappointed (◕︵◕) (