GUEST REVIEW: The Giants and the Joneses by Julia Donaldson

I want to say THANK YOU to my little sis (Hannah) for doing this guest review on my blog! I hope you enjoy it and I will hand this post over to her.....

Synopsis:

Jumbeelia, a girl giant, loves the stories of the iggly plop who climbed up the bimblestonk and was chased back down again by a giant. Growing her own bimblestonk, she climbs down it and finds a whole world of iggly plops - our world, in fact, where Colette, Stephen and Poppy are very surprised to find themselves collected up into a bag and carried off back up the beanstalk. So begins a wild and wonderful tale of how three children escape from an overenthusiastic giant girl, her very-pregnant giant mum, and her very nasty adolescent giant brother.

Review:

This is one of my absolute favourite books, I have been reading Julia Donaldson's books since I was little! It has got better and better from a 'Squash and a Squeeze' to this!

This book is about a large beanstalk going all the way up to Groil, the land of giants. When Jumbeelia, a girl giant, finds out there is a bimplestonk (beanstalk) stretching down to earth. Steven, Corlette and Poppy find themselves in in a sticky situation! To make it even more gripping a man (Thog) down the street finds the bimplestonk too and chops it down! How will the gang get home?

My favourite character is Jumbilina because she is curious about every thing and does what is best for others but treats the humans as dolls which is understanding but also a bit selfish because she knows they are real.

If you like books with fantasy and gripping stories this is your book!

RATE:
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/5!!

Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd.

Publication date: 5th August 2004

Pages: 128

Edition: Paperback

Source: Hannah's gift (a present from "Santa")

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