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There Is No Giant In This Story
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A Waterstones Best Baby and Toddler Book of 2025 Fee-fi-fo-fum! Catchy, catchy, here I come! The big, scary giant has come down from his beanstalk, and he wants to play! But Jack, Cinderella, the Gingerbread Man and their friends are not so sure! Can they stop...
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See moreIn this fabulously funny follow-up to the internationally bestselling There Is No Dragon in This Story, the fairytale characters have to deal with a big, scary GIANT. Uh-oh! Who will save the day?
In this fabulously funny follow-up to the internationally bestselling There Is No Dragon in This Story, the fairytale characters have to deal with a big, scary GIANT. Uh-oh! Who will save the day?
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A Waterstones Best Baby and Toddler Book of 2025
Fee-fi-fo-fum! Catchy, catchy, here I come!
The big, scary giant has come down from his beanstalk, and he wants to play! But Jack, Cinderella, the Gingerbread Man and their friends are not so sure! Can they stop Giant from destroying their fairytale town – and teach him how to play nicely?
From the pairing behind the brilliantly funny and internationally bestselling There Is No Dragon in This Story comes another hilarious story featuring your favourite fairytale characters – as you’ve never seen them before!
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There Is No Giant In This Story
A Waterstones Best Baby and Toddler Book of 2025 Fee-fi-fo-fum! Catchy, catchy, here I come! The big, scary giant has come down from his beanstalk, and he wants to play! But Jack, Cinderella, the Gingerbread Man and their friends are not so sure! Can they stop Giant from destroying their fairytale town – and teach him how to play nicely?...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526608222
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
- Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 252.0mm
Height: 300.0mm
Weight: 428g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Lou Carter worked as a primary school teacher before turning her hand to writing picture books. She is the author of Pirate Stew and the bestselling There Is No Dragon in This Story. She lives in Cambridge.
Deborah Allwright became a star of the picture book world following the publication of the bestselling The Night Pirates, and has been shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Award. She works in a studio in Islington, London.
Instagram: @deborahallwright | X: @DebbieAllwright
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