The Story Giant - Softcover
A magical story that weaves together fifty world tales, by a renowned poet, and illustrated by 2002 Greenaway Medal winner Chris Riddell.
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Review:
/ Every child in the land should be given this book, a true gift book if ever there was one! Fiona Waters Books for Keeps / A wonderful book of traditional tales from many cultures. This extraordinary book, is packed with dreams, magic and stories, and comes with evocative line drawings from Chris Riddell. Wendy Cooling, The Bookseller / a wonderful variation on The Arabian Nights and a book that can be used for many age groups Lyn Gardner, Guardian / The book is a beautiful package Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times / Patten's poetic multi-layered narrative offers a thoughtful child an exploration of the meaning of fiction, along with some outlook-changing stories. Independent /
From the Publisher:
This was Sunday Times' Children's Book Of The Week.
' a wonderful anthology in which fables from Aesop rub shoulders with Arabic folklore, Irish fairy tales, Australian aboriginal legends and Japanese myths. The tales are punctuated by conversations between the children, which remind us that stories occurring in one part of the world can also have mysteriously arisen in distant places, in other times. .. The tales, although all entertaining, communicate the pointlessness of war and are lessons in how to make the most of life. The book is a beautiful package, to which Chris Riddell brings has characteristic quirkiness, spookiness and charm. Patten, you can tell, loves these stories, and loves the idea of stories. By repeating them, he seeks, like the giant, to keep them alive.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Children's Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0007334389
- ISBN 13 9780007334384
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
- IllustratorRiddell Chris
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