[LM_NET] ELEM: BOOK: When Giants Come to Play by Andrea Beaty

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

When Giants Come to Play by Andrea Beaty; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes 
(Abrams, 2006). ISBN: 0-8109-5759-0

Anna knows just where to wait--at the end of Lillian Lane--on summer 
mornings "when the sun shines just so/and the wind blows like this and like 
that/on its way to somewhere else."  And her patience is rewarded in 
spades!  For right there is where the gentle giants come to meet her and 
play beloved childhood games of hide-and-seek, catch (Anna is what's being 
tossed!), and jump rope.  In lyrical text, Beaty tells the quiet story of a 
girl just like the children so many of us were--long on imagination and 
hope.  Meanwhile, Hawkes turns up the volume with his hilarious 
illustrations that take liberties with the text and play with perspective 
in ways that will tickle young readers.  From morning to night, these 
giants play, not just games, but an essential role in Anna's rich internal 
life.  Come join Anna and her friends in this giant-sized beauty of a 
picture book.


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Maine Association of School Libraries Board Member
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
Our Librarian Won't Tell Us ANYTHING! A Mrs. Skorupski Story, illustrated 
by Sachiko Yoshikawa (Upstart 2006) --New! 

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