People say that Rabbie, the carpenter's son, is a dreamer, but the boy says he works from his heart, carving ""not what is, but what could be"". When Rabbie goes to sell his carvings in a far-off town, he finds the townspeople besieged by a fierce and destructive giant. The townspeople despair, but Rabbie suggests that if the giant was treated like a king, he might behave like one. Readers will be charmed by the message of this heart-warming fable: that which is loved will reveal its loveliness.
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Kathleen T. Pelley is the Happy Mama of two grown daughters. She is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, but now lives in Denver, Colorado, with two
happy Golden Retrievers and one happy husband. She is the author of five other picture books, three of which were named as Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street Books and one of which received an Oppenheim
John Farrell is a singer, songwriter, author and storyteller who has made presentations at schools around the world. John founded Bridges of Peace, an organisation that advocates understanding through writing and the arts.
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