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A wonderful retelling of Oscar Wilde’s classic story about a fierce, angry giant, who wants nothing to do with the children who play in his beautiful garden. But when he finds himself miserable and alone in an eternal winter-land, it’s an act of kindness to an unlikely friend that brings back Spring and finally, happiness.
Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage
Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
BOOK OF THE WEEK - Young readers will love this story of magic and friendship.
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Young readers will love this gorgeous picture book about a chilled capybara who just won't be rushed.
This is Book 114 in the Collins Big Cat Series. See all Collins Big Cat books here.
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Tanya Landman studied for a degree in English Literature at Liverpool University before working in a bookshop, an arts centre and a zoo. Tanya won the Carnegie Medal in 2015 with Buffalo Soldier and is renowned for her thought-provoking novels set in nineteenth-century America.
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