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1) The BFG
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Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 1
Language
English
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When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.
6) Giant Tess
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
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.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"The Underworld usually isn't really meant to be a fun place - but tell that to Hades! He loves the dark and the stinky smell of sulfur. However, there is one thing that Hades is not a fan of: dogs. And when Zeus and his fellow Olympians encounter Cerberus - a snarling, three-headed dog - Hades must conquer his fears and tame the hound so everyone can continue into the Underworld and deposit their Titan prisoner, Oceanus, back where he belongs!"--Information...
8) Wilfred
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Wilfred, a big, hairy, and lonesome giant, enters a town full of tiny bald people, he finds only one friend but that proves to be enough when the other townspeople trick him out of his warm hair.
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 13
Language
English
Description
Abby and Jonah take a trip through the magic mirror and finally end up in Jack and the beanstalk (which happens to be Jonah's favorite story ever)--but things soon start to go wrong, and the children have to try and set the tale right, even if it means trading their dog, Prince, for the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk (three times!), and reaching an amicable settlement with the giants (Magnus and Philippa, who are really quite nice), and the sneaky...
10) A giant problem
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.
11) Giant trouble
Author
Series
Hamster princess volume 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Princess Harriet climbs an enormous beantalk, she finds an even bigger surprise--a giant rabbit is keeping a goose and a girl who is half-harp-half-hamster are prisoner, and it's up to Harriet to save the day"--
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Maya, who has spent her life at sea with her marine biologist parents, yearns for a normal life, but when a storm washes her parents overboard, life becomes anything but normal for Maya, her younger brother and baby sister, as they land at a mysterious, uncharted island filled with danger.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 17
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition, First Aladdin paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
In order to placate Eurythseus, Hercules must steal a golden belt from an Amazon warrior, but first he encounters the fearsome giant Alkyoneus, who plans to feed him to his seven hungry daughters.
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 8
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It"s a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice. But just when they"re about to wage battle, a huge foot smashes their snow monster. "SQUASHY!" It's a giant, and it's smashing everything in its path! The giant is too strong for the three friends, so the Princess in Blankets has an idea: it's time to light the Sparkle Signal...
15) Calamity Jack
Author
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the beanstalk, " Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
Author
Series
Dragonwatch volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"As the war with the dragons intensifies, all eyes are turning to Titan Valley for help. A dragon sanctuary unlike any of the others, this one is home to enslaved dragons ruled by the powerful Giant Queen, one of the five monarchs of the magical world. In addition, it houses the arena for the Titan Games, a series of gladiator-style battles presided over by none other than Humbuggle, the demon who stole Seth's memories"--Provided by publisher.
17) Muncle Trogg
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Bullied and despised for being human-sized, a young giant demonstrates his bravery and cleverness in a series of adventures.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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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
Beast quest volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
One boy's journey to help his village becomes a quest to save the kingdom. Features a fearsome new beast in every book!
Under the spell of the dark wizard Malvel, Cypher the one-eyed Giant wreaks havoc on the city he used to protect: Colton, the very center of the Kingdom's trade routes. Our heroes must head North to the mountains to free Arcta and help unearth Colton from mudslides and rock falls before it's too late! Adam Blade is in...
20) Switched
Author
Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gilly and her friends must prepare for a giant invasion after Jack plants magic beans, earning him a spot in Fairy Tale Reform School and reminding Gilly how good it feels to be bad.
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