giants

?Jack y la gente del pueblo est?n cansados de comer ensalada de frijoles, frijoles refritos, helado de frijoles y mucho m?s! As? que Jack escala la planta m?gica de frijoles buscando otro cosa de comer. Pero encuentra un gigante que tambi?n est? cansada de comer frijoles y piensa que Jack podr?a ser un buen platillo! Y ahora, ?c?mo se salvar? Jack?.

Watch out! A giant is stomping your way! These creatures make appearances in today's stories, films, advertising, and more. But stories and images of these behemoths are nothing new. For centuries, giants have been depicted as dangerous and disastrous. But they have also taken on friendly forms.

". . . an army of fire giants led by Surt gather in the Eighth Realm of Musspell . . . Orkney's only hope lies with Sam and his stalwart friends. As Surt prepares to launch his forces against Orkney, Sam and two of his fellow witches, Perrin and Mavery, set out on a journey to rescue Odin, aided by Skidbladnir, a magical ship of the gods that can fly over land and sea, and Geela, a Valkyrie who can transform into a battle-ready goose"--Provided by publisher.

A translation of sixteenth-century writer Rabelais's five books of "Gargantua and Pantagruel," which chronicle the adventures of a giant and his son. Includes chronology and notes.

A hungry giant wants to eat Jack for a snack but is waylaid by other children who need his help.

"After the magic beans Jack and Clementine traded for their cow turned into a giant beanstalk, they discover a castle at the top, and it is up to Clementine to distract the giant so Jack can steal treasures"--Provided by publisher.

"Newly initiated into the Sparrow Scouts, Hilda and her friends are ready to explore and document the wilderness. Yet as luck would have it, there is a dark, menacing creature afoot near Trolberg, and Hilda is whisked back home to safety. Even so, intrigue seems to follow our blue-haired heroine wherever she goes, and she's about to discover the city has many more secrets to reveal"--Provided by publisher.

Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

Blinded by heavy mist, a misstep causes Erro to plunge into a deep canyon where he is caught by one of the giants who is imprisoned there while Zak is plucked off the cliff ledge by a different giant--but the giants are not friendly, and while they are discussing whether to give the boys to the Alcatraz guards or turn them into lunch, Zak comes up with a way to escape either fate.

"There were giants on the earth in those days-at least that's what the Bible says. But, where are they? Did they ever really exist at all? When out-of-work math teacher Ethan McCloud is sent a mysterious box, he and his ex-girlfriend begin to unravel a mystery 10,000 years in the making-and he is the last hope to discovering the world's greatest conspiracy. Chased by both the Six-Fingered Man and the Council of David, Ethan must survive the chase-and find the truth"--Provided by publisher.