Giants Beware!
Book - 2012 | First edition
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multcolib_karens
Jun 10, 2015
Claudette has to rescue her father, slay a dragon and bring back a magic sword--and control her temper. Great artwork.
Adventurous Minecrafters eager to leave village life behind to slay the Enderdragon, will find plenty to love in courageous Claudette and her quest to confront a giant. Grades 2-5
epic adventures, 3rd-5th
Librarianatasha
Jun 14, 2018
June 2017 - extension activity: life-sized board game with trivia and physical challenges.
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Add Age Suitabilityred_owl_215 thinks this title is suitable for between the ages of 6 and 12
waltzingechidna thinks this title is suitable for between the ages of 7 and 13
Summary
Add a SummaryClaudette’s lot in life chafes her something fierce. If she had her way she’s be out there, sword in hand, battling baby-feet-eating giants and sea creatures and dragons and who knows what all. Instead she’s stuck living in a village with her best friend Marie, a girl who aspires to be a princess, and her little brother Gaston, a pastry chef in the making. When she can take it no longer, Claudette decides that she needs to plunge into an adventure of her own. Tricking Marie and Gaston into accompanying her, she sets out to destroy the mythic baby-feet-eating giant that terrorized her villagers in the past. Along the way she and her pals get in and out of various scrapes before at long last discovering that sometimes “monsters” aren’t all they seem to be.
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Add a CommentClaudette's life is boring, so she decides to run away from home to go find a giant to slay. Good for kids who believe they can do anything.
"Combining comedy, action, and old-fashioned derring-do, Giants Beware! offers a hilarious spin on traditional heroic adventures. Fiery, pint-sized Claudette is determined to be a giant slayer. Despite warnings from the experienced slayers in her village, Claudette runs away from home in search of a giant, taking her clever best friend Marie (who wants to be a princess), her reluctant brother Gaston (who wants to be a pastry chef), and a pug named Valiant along with her. Eye-catching colours and cartoony illustrations perfectly capture the fun and suspense in this quirky tale of bravery and friendship." Kids' Books August 2014 newsletter http://www.libraryaware.com/996/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/766781c6-ec35-455c-874a-f0734fc707e8?postId=2247e264-c3ca-48d3-91cf-3040588e8797
Great book. Loved Illustrations
Surprisingly sweet but not gooey: a ripping yarn with a heart. My eight-year-old loved it.
This was a super fun adventure with great characters and even some depth. Strong girls and strong boys with real character development.
recommended by Sarah from her Maverick list (graphic novel committee)
My kids love this graphic novel! It's particularly nice because it has strong girl characters -- a rarity in comics.
I don’t think I’m being ridiculous when I gush to you about Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado’s Giants Beware! Perhaps the first in a series, perhaps a single stand-alone title, all I can really say is that it is chock full o’ charm. Good for boys, great for girls, fabulous for gatekeepers, this might even win over those folks who don’t normally go in for comics. Great GNs for kids may come out once in a blue moon, but when they’re as good as this little number you may decide that it was worth the wait.