A lovely book of stories and poems about giants, written by the well-known poet and playright Adrian MItchell and illustrated with appealing pencil drawings throughout. Here are Don Quixote battling with giants that turn out to be windmillsJack climbing the beanstalk, and the little tailor outwitting a troublesome giant with "Seven at a Blow". But there are new stories by Adrian Mitchell himself and his own wonderful giant poems, such as "The David and Goliath Rap" and "What to do when you meet a giant".

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1996 by Hachette Children's Group .

Adrian Mitchell was one of the UK's leading poets and playwrights for adults and children. He performed his poems all over the world, in schools, libraries, factories, prisons, hospitals, theatres, playgrounds . Her website is www. sallygardner. net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner