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1) The BFG
Author
Language
English
Description
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 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
Language
English
Description
This simple and warm story is a fantasy about a 12-year old boy named Odd, a lucky name in Viking tradition, who has had two pretty rough years. But Odd has a kind heart and a positive attitude. Life took on a better light for Odd when he met three chatty animals - supposedly Viking gods sent by the Frost Giant.
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 08
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
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...
10) Wilfred
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
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.
11) The giant of Jum
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A hungry giant wants to eat Jack for a snack but is waylaid by other children who need his help.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Princess Ivy wants nothing more than to have a little fun in the company of her dragon friend, Elridge, but unless she can recover the magical harp snatched by a thieving youth named Jack long ago, her entire kingdom will suffer an unspeakable fate.
13) Bath party!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Norville the dragon is covered in mud, but does not like baths, so Gina and Wally plan a bath party to get him clean.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this classic fantasy novel from author Michael Ende, small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Then, through the pages of an ancient, mysterious book, he discovers the enchanted world of Fantastica, and only Bastian himself can save the fairy people who live there.
Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he
...Author
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Three children unwittingly awaken a sleeping giant and unleash powerful ancient forces for better...or worse. In a chilling tale full of menace and suspense the final battle between good and evil must be fought.This fantasy for 9+ age group first published in 1968, created a world of magic, ancient evil and curses long before Harry Potter.
Author
Series
Backyardigans) volume 12
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The Backyardigans are so good at gardening they grow a giant beanstalk. At the top of the beanstalk they find a grumpy giant who is tired of eating mush all the time.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jack, freed from a dismal orphanage, makes his way to the elusive and impossible Imagine Nation, where a mentor saves him from dissection and trains him to use his superpower, despite the virus he carries that makes him a threat.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Princess Sofia of Drachenheim enjoys freedom from her sister's manipulations during a diplomatic mission to far-off Villenne, until she and her dragon friend, Jasper, are forced to face ice giants.--