Once There Were Giants - Hardcover

Waddell Martin; Dale Penny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074457580X ISBN 13: 9780744575804

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

A gentle tale of growing up from the perspective of a small child. Once there was a baby in the house - and to that baby, Mum and Dad and Jill and John and Uncle Tom were giants. But little by little, that baby grew up - until she became a giant too! Martin Waddell says of the book, "Small children live in a world designed for big people. I wrote this story to help them understand it, and the idea of growing older."

About this title

Review:

"Deeply satisfying to read and reread." The Observer "A warm, sympathetic depiction of family life." Parents"

About the Author:

Martin Waddell is widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary writers of books for young people. Twice winner of the Smarties Book Prize - for Farmer Duck and Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? he also won the Kurt Maschler Award for The Park in the Dark and the Best Books for Babies Award for Rosie's Babies. Among his many other titles are Owl Babies, Night Night, Cuddly Bear (also by Penny Dale) and A Kitten Called Moonlight. He was the Irish nominee for the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award. Penny Dale is one of this country's leading illustrators of children's books. For Walker she has illustrated The Stopwatch, Once There Were Giants, Rosie's Babies (shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal), The Mushroom Hunt and When the Teddy Bears Came (also by Martin Waddell), as well as her own stories, Bet You Can't!, Ten in the Bed. Ten Out of Bed, Ten Play Hide and Seek, The Elephant Tree and Wake Up, Mr B! (Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal).

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 074457580X
• ISBN 13: 9780744575804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32