Another gorgeous publication from Gecko Press, The
Stone Giant is a tale that reflects the determination, cunning and courage
of a child to save the person she loves.
Presented as a gift book, its fantastic front and
back cover, plus the extraordinary end pages, herald the beautifully told story.
With
stunning illustrations, translated by Julia Marshall and based on a Swedish
fairytale by Elsa Beskow, the tale is a winding road the protagonist takes to
reach her destination, regardless of the obstacle she encounters along the way.
A knight goes out to fight a giant who has turned everyone
and everything into stone.
He must leave behind, alone, his young daughter, with
a promise to return.
Time passes, then more time. The child waits with her
mirror as company and with which she bids herself goodnight.
Too much time has passed so the girl sets out to
find her father. Nothing deters her; not darkness, not the black sea through
which she swims, nor the forest through which she travels that leads her to a
light, and an old woman living alone.
While the child eats and rests, they talk about her
father, and the stone giant.
Leaving the next day with an umbrella given to her by
the old woman, the child reaches the ruins created by the stone giant.
Can what she brought with her, and her guile, revive
the barren landscape and give back her father?
Title:
The Stone Giant
Author/Illustrator:
Anna Hoglund
Publisher:
Gecko Press, $24.99
Publication
Date: 1 July 2020
Format:
Hardcover
ISBN:
9781776572731
For
ages: 5 – 8
Type:
Illustrated Junior Fiction
