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Are All the Giants Dead? (Paperback)

by Mary Norton (Author), Brian Froud (Illustrator) "When he awoke, the room looked different somehow: there was a window where the door used to be ..." (more)
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James, a young English boy, journeys to the fairy-tale world of princes and princesses, witches and fairies, giants and giant-killers, and invades the lair of the last giant to free a princess from an evil spell. Here is a bright successor to Bed-Knob and Broomstick and the Borrowers books. Coupled with the inspired pictures, the story is witty, exciting, and most unusual.--Publishers Weekly


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Journeying to the land of Happily Ever After every night, young James meets the real, sillier characters from his favorite bedtime stories, including the giant-killing Jacks, before learning of the existence of one more giant. Reprint. PW.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant, minor fantasy., Jan 26 2000
By A. C. Walter "awalter" (Lynnwood, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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"Are All the Giants Dead?" is a very fun story peppered with clever in-jokes for those who love fairy tales.
Young James, who is more interested in science fiction than fairy tales, is wisked away in his sleep by Mildred, an ethereal storyteller who takes him off to a magical kingdom. This place turns out to be the land of "happily ever after" where all the legendary heroes and heroines of the past live in leisure and contentment long after their stories have ended. James, though, finds one or two stories left unresolved, and so his adventure begins.
Mary Norton's prose is crisp and well paced, and her characters are very well drawn. The story, however, may have turned out more memorable had the plot become a bit more involved. The villian of the story, for instance, is glimpsed only briefly at the tale's end.
And of course Brian Froud's 8-10 black and white illustrations are fantastic.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Clever Fairy Tale for Adults, May 11 1999
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This is a neat little dream-narrative but I would describe it as more for adults than children. It's a gentle dream fantasy which plays with the 'rules' of the classic fairy-tale genre. You really have to be a serious fairy-tale fan to get the jokes. Brian Froud's illustrations are a treat, as always.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Old fairy tale characters are brought to life in a new form., April 13 1998
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Are All the Giants Dead takes a somewhat casual attitude to introducing common fairy tale characters in their old age. James, a young boy, is lead on an adventure from normal, everyday life, to the world of the heroes he hears about in his bedtime stories. They've all grown older (though perhaps not wiser); James becomes acquainted with the two giant killing Jacks, who now run a pub together. While his guide to the fantasy world takes care of business elsewhere, James learns the stories of how all the giants are indeed dead... or are they? According to Jack the Giant Killer, he has slain them all, but Jack of the Beanstalk admits his friends secret: there is no proof that the last giant is indeed deceased. James, of course, is excited by the prospect of adventure, and wishes to investigate the situation himself. The book is full of the wishes of the young (and, to risk a cliche, the young at heart), and an adventure anyone who has ever wanted an adventure can enjoy.
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