Gentle Giant

By Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

Book Overview

A powerful folktale about a lonely giant who lives by a beautiful lake. When he saves a girl from drowning, the giant finds the love and courage to save the lake from destruction.

On a small island way out in the middle of a silver lake there once lived a sad young man. He was sad because he had grown up into a giant of a man, very big, very strong and very frightening. Because of this, no one liked to go near him. So his only friends were the wild creatures that lived all around him.

Then one day, he saves a girl from drowning, a girl in a wide-brimmed straw hat. Little does he know how she is going to change his life forever.

Michael Morpurgo draws on traditional storytelling to weave a tale of extraordinary relevance to our own world today. A story of compassion, and love, and a simple belief in the healing powers of nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007520433
• ISBN13: 9780007520435
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 0.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A gorgeous, beautiful story of discovery and tenderness

In Gentle Giant, Michael Foreman provides the gorgeous color illustrations to this story of a sad man who has grown up to be a giant, and who lives alone on a small island, with wild creatures his only friends. When he saves a young girl from drowning, his life changes in unexpected ways. A gorgeous, beautiful story of discovery and tenderness: highly recommended.