Tea with an Old Giant
by Jane Yolen (Author) Paolo Domeniconi (Illustrator)
The old giant at the top of the hill is lonely. He has no one to play games with, no one to read to, and no one to drink tea with.
When he ventures into the nearby town, every person and animal screams and hides--except for one girl, Arabella. The two become quick friends and spend the day playing together. But will the giant ever get his cup of tea?
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A handsome picture book celebrating intergenerational friendship.
Publishers Weekly
In this classic-feeling fairy tale, an elderly giant with pale skin and a long white beard has grown weary of his reclusive life on a mountaintop overlooking the ocean. "He was tired of pretending by himself," writes Yolen (the How Do Dinosaurs Say series), "tired of playing checkers by himself, tired of reading out loud to himself, tired of singing both the soprano and the bass parts in all the songs." When the giant tromps into town for companionship, his arrival scares off everyone except pale-skinned Arabella, a redheaded, pigtailed child who also experiences loneliness ("No one in town had time to play checkers or anything at all with her"). After the two engage in a game and jump-rope, and read Arabella's books, the giant happily participates in a doll tea party, drinking water tea and eating mud cookies. Italian illustrator Domeniconi matches the text's composure, working in a formal painterly style that transports readers to a landscape suffused with golden light, at once magical and very human. There's no big revelation, no moment of conflict--just the quiet joy exuding from two people who have found a boon companion. Ages 5-9. (Nov.)
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JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
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