Books with title The Green Giants

A beautiful eco-tale encouraging us to put down our devices and save the planet; written by an award-winning author and illustrator.You've met the Iron Giant, the Big Friendly Giant and the Selfish Giant. Now meet the Green Giant!A young girl, Bea, and her dog, Iris, are staying with her grandpa in the country. Bea is bored, but Iris's adventures lead them to the small and rusty old greenhouse next door. Inside the greenhouse, Bea finds... a giant. A giant made entirely of plants and greenery. Bea is scared, but the giant reassures her and explains that he has escaped from the grey city. Bea and the giant become friends, but can they do anything to make the grey city, and the world, a greener place?A brilliant new picture book that highlights our concern for the environment, greening our cities, guerrilla gardening and making the world a better place.

A beautiful eco-tale from the winner of the Batsford Prize. You've met the Iron Giant, the Big Friendly Giant and the Selfish Giant. Now meet the Green Giant! A young girl, Bea, and her dog, Iris, are staying with her grandad in the country. Bea is bored, but Iris's adventures lead them to the small and rusty old greenhouse next door. Inside the greenhouse, Bea finds... a giant. A giant made entirely of plants and greenery. Bea is scared, but the giant reassures her and explains that he has escaped from the grey city. Bea and the giant become friends, but can they do anything to make the grey city, and the world, a greener place? A brilliant new picture book that highlights our concern for the environment, greening our cities, guerrilla gardening and making the world a better place. Katie Cottle was the winner of the Batsford Prize 2017 and is a rising star in the picture book world.

This inspiring picture book retells the story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg – the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis – using allegory to make this important topic accessible to young children.Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make houses. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardly any forest left. Greta knows she has to help the animals who live in the forest, but how? Luckily, Greta has an idea… A section at the back explains that, in reality, the fight against the 'giants' isn’t over and explains how you can help Greta in her fight. This book has been printed sustainably in the UK on 100% recycled paper. By buying a copy of this book, you are making a donation of 3% of the cover price to Greenpeace UK.

For a boy to whom baseball is everything, the creation of a new little league felt like a dream come true. Then he found out his team had one too many players. After nervously joining an opposing team from a neighborhood worlds apart from his own, he learns an important lesson about the true meaning of victory and the value of teamwork. Adapted from a story my father shared with me about his own little league adventures.

How far would you go to save your dream?Seventeen-year-old Ariceli Pisa is a senior at the prestigious Cambridge High School and has her sights set on Northwestern University. She's a cheerleader, a member of the National Honor Society...and a drug dealer. That's not the only secret she has to keep from her best friend Naomi--she’s also madly in love with Naomi’s ex-boyfriend, James Bartlett. Trying to balance her life at Cambridge High with her new demanding job keeps her teetering on the edge of disaster. ***Warning: This book contains strong language, drugs, and violence and is advised for upper YA readers, ages 15 and up.***The Green is a full novel at 53,000 words.Check out Karly Kirkpatrick's other titles:Into the Shadows, Book 1 of the Into the Shadows Trilogy (YA Paranormal) Darkness Rising, Book 2 of the Into the Shadows Trilogy (YA Paranormal)After Dawn, Book 3 of the Into the Shadows Trilogy (YA Paranormal) *coming Fall, 2012*Bloody Little Secrets (YA paranormal/vampires)EIGHT (a collection of short stories)The Grimmdale High Series *coming December, 2012*Karly Kirkpatrick loves to read and write YA. She published her first YA novel, Into the Shadows in 2010 and added Bloody Little Secrets and EIGHT in 2011. She lives in Elgin, Illinois. For more information about Karly, visit www.karlykirkpatrick.com.

For a boy to whom baseball is everything, the creation of a new little league felt like a dream come true. Then he found out his team had one too many players. After nervously joining an opposing team from a neighborhood worlds apart from his own, he learns an important lesson about the true meaning of victory and the value of teamwork. Adapted from a story my father shared with me about his own little league adventures.

The Green is a comedic look at the sport of golf, as told through the eyes of Jason Green, the somewhat overweight class clown. After being forced to get a job at Whispering Canyons Golf Course, Jason is introduced to a cast of quirky characters. Hanging out with Eugene, a classmate who is definitely not a part of the cool crowd, Jason begins to learn about golf. He gets better at the sport quickly and even starts to lose some weight. In gaining self-confidence, he begins to realize that maybe the cool kids aren t so cool after all and that maybe he s not just the fat kid who s good for a laugh. Maybe he s a golfer. The Green captures the attention of young readers as we follow Jason on a hilarious journey of self-exploration... and goofy pants.

This is a story told before it was written. It came out of a bedtime routine that began with reading our children a traditional story or fairy tale. One evening they asked for a new story, something just for them. Of course in the clear logic of children, if we could make up a story one night, we could do it every night. So from the age of three and a half until sometime in elementary school it became a daily challenge for either my wife or me to create a short tale to entertain them after reading time. TheThree Giants was one of those. Originally created and told over several nights to fulfill a daily obligation for which I will ever be grateful.

When twin giants set out in search of happiness, the result is a comedy of errors that is doubly clever and enormously funny."Isn’t he e-nor-mous!" says the giant father when his first twin son is born. "There’s a-lot-uv-’im!" notes the giant mother when the second twin boy arrives. And as Normus (a vegetarian) and Lottavim (a carnivore) grow and grow, the two are hugely happy — playing Roll the Boulder, singing badly, and doing everything together. But when the day comes for the hulking lads to seek the giantesses of their dreams, will going their separate ways only lead them into double trouble?