Giant John is a giant delight

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	• Giant John Arnold Lobel Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2008 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Giant John is a giant delight

My 4 year old loves every book but my 2 1/2 year old is very hard to please. Both of them love "Giant John". It's been a month now and my kids still ask for "Giant John" every night. How could a mom not love a book when she hears happy chants of "Giant John, Giant John!" at storytime.

A favorite

Grab this book if you see it. The illustrations are whimsical and fun, and the story is a favorite for my kids, as it was for me when I was little.

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Ephemeral and elusive...

...as the jungle cat in the black of night, this book slips into your very soul. The image of poor John's mother with her shoe on her plate is etched into the deepest folds of my grey matter.

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Giant John

The story of Giant John is about his love of music and dancing. His obsession and lack of control caused a problem of which he takes responsibility for. Thus so, he once again can celebrate life.

My favorite childhood book

This was my favorite childhood book. Mom says that at age 3 I could recite it from memory as she turned the pages. I'm hoping to find a great copy to pass on to neices and nephews.

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John is a friendly giant who lives among musical fairies. But the time comes when he must venture out into the world to get a job. Soon, he befriends a king and queen who ask him to stay and work for their family. Through his adventures, Giant John learns what it means to care about people and for them to care about him. This heart-warming tale of friendship is as fresh today as it was when originally published in 1964. The child-friendly illustrations, complete with the detailed, crosshatching lines, reveal Arnold Lobel?s great talent as an artist and, most of all, as a storyteller.

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