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    • Jul 20, 2018
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Giants Beware!

by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre. New York, NY: First Second, 2012.

Claudette (an aspiring giant slayer) teams up with her friend Marie (an aspiring princess) and brother Gaston (an aspiring pastry chef) to break all stereotypes and expectations as they search to find and slay a giant.

See how to use this book to teach literary devices (onomatopoeia) in Worth A Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels to Teach Visual Literacy (pp, 83-84, 010-102).

Grades 2-5

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