The Giants and the Joneses

Julia Donaldson

Macmillan, 2005 - Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages

"All wet!" said Poppy.
"Yuk!" said Stephen. "Was that a kiss?"
Before Colette could answer, it was her turn. She was lifted up and brought toward the shining pink lips. She closed her eyes. The next second she felt a dampness all over her cheek and an explosion in her ear.
She dared herself to open her eyes, and caught a glimpse of a hairy nostril before she was lowered again and pushed through a door.

Tiny people and a GIANT adventure!

Jumbeelia the young giantess loves to hear the old story about the iggly plop who climbed up the bimplestonk to the giants' land of Groil. Then, one day, she throws a bimple over the edge of Groil.

Down, down, down Jumbeelia climbs—right down into the land of the iggly plops, where she discovers Colette, Poppy, and Stephen Jones; puts them into her canvas bag; and carries them back to Groil.

Soon the children find themselves shut in her dollhouse, with no visible means of escape. With danger surrounding them at every turn, the children must use all their wits to survive and figure out a way to get back home . . .

Contents

• The Secret Box: 1
• Throg: 6
• Snail number nineteen: 9
• Bimplestonk: 14
• In the Bag: 22
• Suspicion and Sandwiches: 28
• The Mountain of Cliffs: 31
• Weed Killer: 43
• Snishsnosh: 46
• Discovery: 58

About the author

Julia Catherine Donaldson was born on Sept. 16, 1948 in London. She is a British writer and playwright and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. She is known for her rhyming stories for children. These include: The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She began writing songs for children's television but has focused on writing books when the words of one of her songs - A Squash and a Squeeze were made into a children's book in 1993. She has over 180 published works with 120 of them intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxfird Reading Tree. She has won several awards including: The Stockport Book Award for her title The Troll, The Oxfordshire Book Award for her title Zog and The Oldham Book Award for her title Jack and the Flumflum Tree. In 2015 The Gruffalo made The New Zealand Best Seller List. Greg Swearingen is a graduate of Columbus College of Art and Design. He was awarded the Norman Rockwell at Stockbridge Award from the Society of Illustrators in 1998. He lives in Idaho.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Giants and the Joneses
• Author: Julia Donaldson
• Illustrated by: Greg Swearingen
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2005
• ISBN: 0805078053, 9780805078053
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / General