The Spiffiest Giant in Town
by Julia Donaldson
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Author: Julia DonaldsonIllustrator: Axel Scheffler
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-13
ISBN: 0142402753
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Review: A sweet, rhyming story - showing how to share and care
Summary: 5 Stars
Julia Donaldson writes incredibly engaging books for children with a lovely line in humour for adults. The illustrator, Axel, is my favourite illustrator for her works, he seems to bring a quirky but rich naivety to her lovely stories. And this is a lovely story.
It is of a giant who is the worst dressed in town so he goes to buy himself some spiffy clothes. As he leaves town he meets all these people and animals who have nothing - or have been hard done by, he gives them something of his (a tie, a sock and so on) until he is once again down to nothing. He gets his old clothes back and feels down for a while, until he realises all the friends that he has made along the way
A lovely story and a lovely message. The illustrations which seem to be in rich pastel, really draw out the engaging quirkiness of the story.
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