The Giants and the Joneses [Hardcover]

Julia Donaldson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Holt; First Printing edition (2004)
• ASIN: B002MZW7AW
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,780,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julia Donaldson is the author of many successful books for children, including the classic THE GRUFFALO, which has won the Smarties Prize and the Blue Peter Award for the Best Book to Read Aloud. THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD was one of the biggest best-sellers of 2004 and won WHS Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Julia has also written many children's plays and songs, and runs regular storytelling and drama workshops. She lives in Glasgow with her family.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally engaging, November 16, 2005

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B. Bly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Giants and the Joneses (Hardcover)

My girls - 5 and 8 - love this book. I read it to them three months ago and we still talk about "igglyplops" and "bealy" things. The story is compelling -- three kids in a world of giants. The giants have their own language, but kids can identify with the giant childrens' normal everyday lives. There's an imagined world, suspense, and siblings who grow to love one another -- who could ask for anything else?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Visit the Land of the Giants, November 7, 2005

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L. L. Petersen (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Giants and the Joneses (Hardcover)

The Giants and the Joneses begins where Jack and the Beanstalk leaves off. In our time, the Giants of the land of Groil still tell the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk." But no one really believes in the "Iggly Plops" or the Little People. No one except an eight-year old giant named Jumbeelia. Jumbeelia drops a bean over the edge of Groil and the next day she climbs down a giant beanstalk where she collects a few new toys - including the three Jones children.

This is a fun story with the added challenge of a make-believe giant language to decode. (A dictionary is included.) The story does get a little scary when Jumbeelia's brother captures the Jones children and mistreats them, but this shouldn't be enough to put most children off. In addition, this story may lead readers to contemplate sibling relationships, treatment of smaller, helpless creatures, and whether there may be truth in legends.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haley's Review- Age 10, June 1, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Giants and the Joneses (Hardcover)

The book Giants and the Joneses was great. I liked how the book was based on Jack and the Beanstalk. I liked how the book had its own dictionary too. I recommend this book to a lot of people. I hope she writes a sequel. I can't wait to read her other books.