THE GIANT'S HEART

by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes (Illustrator), The Gunston Trust (Editor)

Overview

THE GIAN'T HEART - BY GEORGE MacDONALD - ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR HUGHES - THE GUNSTON TRUST

A Norse Folk tale, where two small children find themselves in the house of a Giant whose great delight is to eat pudgy kids. They discover that the Giant keeps his heart outside of his body for the purposes of security and that, at this particular time, it is being kept in the nest of an eagle.The children resolve to capture his heart so that they might gain control over him in order to urge him to live a better life by, especially, not eating children.
Ages 6-8

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666276305
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/20/2021
Pages:	54
Sales rank:	910,081
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.11(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. A mentor to Lewis Carroll and a major influence on writers from C. S. Lewis to J. R. R. Tolkien, MacDonald’s best-known books are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith, which are all fantasy novels.