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The Giants and the Joneses: Celebrate the 20th anniversary of this unforgettable, funny and classic children’s adventure from the bestselling author of The Gruffalo!

The Giants and the Joneses: Celebrate the 20th anniversary of this unforgettable, funny and classic children’s adventure from the bestselling author of The Gruffalo!

by Julia Donaldson (Author)

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    Special Edition 2004

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    Special Edition 2004

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Synopsis

A charming adventure story by Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson. Every giant knows beanstalks and little persons don't exist. Almost every giant, anyway ...When Jumbeelia's curiosity leads her to a real-live bimplestonk at the edgeland of Groil and down, down, down into Colette, Stephen and Poppy's lives, the children find themselves in BIG trouble! How will the three iggly plops ever get home? In The Giants and the Joneses Julia Donaldson has created a page-turning larger than life adventure, turning a fairytale on its head. That Jack was so wicked, climbing a beanstalk to steal everything from the hen to the harp to some money. Julia has long been a household name thanks to her raft of best-selling picture books, and this tale is idea for readers who have enjoyed The Gruffalo as a young child.

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More Information

Format: Special Edition
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Anniversary Edition edition
 Publisher: Farshore
Published: 05 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 1405207604
ISBN 13: 9781405207607
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: Jumbeelia, a girl giant, loves the stories of the iggly plop who climbed up the bimblestonk and was chased back down again by a giant. Growing her own bimblestonk, she climbs down it and finds a whole world of iggly plops - our world, in fact, where Colette, Stephen and Poppy are very surprised to find themselves collected up into a bag and carried off back up the beanstalk. So begins a wild and wonderful tale of how three children escape from an overenthusiastic giant girl, her very-pregnant giant mum, and her very nasty adolescent giant brother.

Media Reviews
The Giants and the Joneses had humour, suspense and an invented language that enthralled me. --The Evening Standard (London)
Children will love this miniaturised adventure . . . it's set to be a giant hit. --The Herald (England)

The Giants and the Joneses had humour, suspense and an invented language that enthralled me. -- The Evening Standard (London)
Children will love this miniaturised adventure . . . it' s set to be a giant hit. -- The Herald (England)

An exciting story with a subtle message about respect and cooperation. -- School Library Journal
Whether read aloud or alone, this British import has an effervescent sincerity that makes it both enjoyable and memorable. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The Giants and the Joneses had humour, suspense and an invented language that enthralled me. --The Evening Standard (London)
Children will love this miniaturised adventure . . . it's set to be a giant hit. --The Herald (England)
An exciting story with a subtle message about respect and cooperation. - School Library Journal
Whether read aloud or alone, this British import has an effervescent sincerity that makes it both enjoyable and memorable. - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The Giants and the Joneses had humour, suspense and an invented language that enthralled me. -The Evening Standard (London)
Children will love this miniaturised adventure . . . it's set to be a giant hit. -The Herald (England)
Author Bio
Julia Donaldson is the best-selling author of The Gruffalo, Spinderella, The Wrong Kind of Bark, Stick Man and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and spends a lot of time touring the country doing readings - and singing!