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A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

Daniel meets a giant named Mangaboom who lives in a mango tree and takes him to tea at her auntie's house.

The characteristics of real and imaginary giants and famous stories about giants from the Bible, mythology, folklore, and literature, including those of Goliath, Skrymir, Paul Bunyan, and Glumdalclitch of Brobdingnag.

Discusses the origin of ogres and giants and the role they play in folklore.

El Muchacho, an eight-year-old giant who stood seven stories high, had trouble finding a European city that would permit him to stay. Then one day he met the author who helped the friendly giant overcome his difficulty.

A dark and gloomy cloud comes to stay over the sunny island of Dingleburg when the king refuses to give his daughter to the Wizard Wertz as a wife.

When his parents disapprove of his pet swan, Markus and the swan run away into the woods where they encounter a giant.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make a fortune for himself, his mother, and his sister.

"When Mihi's nemesis, Genevieve, travels to the Rainbow Realm, Mihi, Savannah, and Reese cross over to the fairy tale realm to save her and find a giant atop an enormous beanstalk wreaking havoc on the realm."--

"Fitting in can be hard, especially when you're as small as Ember, a tiny boy living alone in a city of giants. But Ember's luck changes when he meets Lua, a kindly sea turtle, who escorts him across the ocean to a school for little creatures on a wondrous island...As he struggles to adapt to this new world, Ember finds himself at the heart of an otherworldly mystery, facing a strange monster from the deep that threatens everything he holds dear"--...