Ten wonderful retellings of ancient myths and legends all about giants. These stories are taken from ancient Greek, Celtic, Indian, Inuit and European cultures. Some readers will be familiar with, such as the battle between David and Goliath. Others will be less familiar, such as the Mayan story of the Cabracan where the hero twins destroy the fearsome mountain shaker.
Myths and ancient civilisations are a core element of the curriculum at KS2 and inclusions in this series, Ten of the Best Myths, of stories from Mayan, Japanese, Indian, Roman, Persian and American cultures - an many others - will both fascinate and educate young readers.

This book features in the following series: 10 Of the Best Myths, Ten Of the Best Myths .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

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