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The Giants and the Joneses: from Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo Paperback – 5 August 2004
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- Reading age8 - 11 years
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 6
- Lexile measure710
- Dimensions12.9 x 1.6 x 19.81 cm
- PublisherFarshore
- Publication date5 August 2004
- ISBN-101405207604
- ISBN-13978-1405207607
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'The Giants and the Joneses had humour, suspense and an invented language that enthralled me' – Evening Standard
‘Every night at bedtime, millions of children – pyjamas on, teeth reluctantly brushed – curl up to read or listen to a Donaldson story’ – Guardian
‘Children will love this miniaturised adventure . . . it's set to be a giant hit’ –The Herald
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from Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo
About the Author
Julia Donaldson is the internationally renowned author of the best-loved picture books in the world, including The Gruffalo, What the Ladybird Heard, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. Julia Donaldson's collaborations with Axel Scheffler have sold millions of copies, and Room on the Broom is now an Academy Award-nominated short film.
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- Publisher : Farshore; UK ed. edition (5 August 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1405207604
- ISBN-13 : 978-1405207607
- Reading age : 8 - 11 years
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.6 x 19.81 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 478,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Julia Donaldson is a top selling author of children’s books with over 65 million books sold worldwide. Among her greatest successes are Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo and Stick Man (all illustrated by Axel Scheffler), What the Ladybird Heard (illustrated by Lydia Monks) and The Giant Jumperee (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury). Julia’s books have been translated into over 72 languages.
Julia lives in the UK with her husband Malcolm and divides her time between Sussex in the South and Edinburgh in Scotland. From 2011 to 2013, she was the UK Children’s Laureate. Julia writes fiction, poems, plays and songs, as well as picture books. The TV films of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom have both been nominated for Oscars.
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The story features an invented language for the giants, with a glossary at the back. (Although for us, reading on a Kindle, we didn't really see this until the end.) Most of the words are guessable in context anyway, and when there are whole songs or sayings in the giant language, the English translation is given in the main text. This language is fun, playful and inventive, and I'm sure most child readers will bring some of the giants' words into their play as my daughter did.
For all the excitement and adventure, there is a moral core to this story which encourages children to think before making pets or toys of wild creatures. Children will not experience this as moralising, but they will absorb the messages about how the children are treated by Jumbelia, who doesn't mean them any harm, but also doesn't quite see them as living creatures who can be hurt.
Overall, I'd recommend this for fans of Donaldson's picture books who are ready to move onto chapter books at bedtime. For the more delicate among them, though, her Princess Mirror-Belle adventures might be more suitable.


It's a great story, and good to read something unusual.

