Where the Giant Sleeps

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by Mem Fox



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Pros
  • dreamy text and art (all)
  • map theme works well (all)
  • good bedtime read aloud (all)
Cons
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A guided tour of Dreamland.
Picture-book connoisseur, kidlit maven, personal bookworm trainer, mother of 2 nerds

OCT
26
2007
Where the Giant Sleeps
by Mem Fox; illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky
Harcourt, Inc.

Has anyone ever done the definitive, scholarly study on why Russian illustrators kick butt? Seriously. There's tons of them around, dribbling paint across many of my favorite picture books.

In this one, a sleeping child's imagination takes over, and fairies, witches and other magical beings slumber throughout a dream landscape that takes the shape of a dozing giant. The trees are his hair, for example, and a tilled field forms striped trousers.

That's it, really, plus some simple, rhythmic text that also rhymes, to set...

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AnneWithAnE
Chicago, IL



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