The Giant with a golden goose and a magic harp thinks that…
Earth boys are lazy. Earth boys want to steal stuff and get rich. Earth boys taste best when they are happy and confident.
So, the Giant lets them steal stuff until they are confident and happy. Then he’ll eat them.
But Jack convinces the Giant that he could get rich selling these boy-trapping goodies to other giants. And thenJack makes an infomercial showing other boys how easy it is to rob a giant. How many boys will Jack lure into the Giant’s kitchen? And who will be outsmarted… the Giant, Jack, or the other boys?
Monsters are Scary. Meg doesn’t understand why. She’s blind. Meg’s big sister tries to explain why using senses other that sight. But every time, Meg interprets the scary monster as something her big sister has done, like bump her head in their secret fort, or lick her fingers sticky with peanut butter, or drool over strawberry smoothies. In the end the best things about monsters is they are a reason for the big sister to wrap her arms around Meg give her a monster hug. Could you scare Meg?
Coleen’s dad is a giant who doesn’t have a job. Or so people say. He walks around with his hands in the air and claims he’s holding up the sky. He steals crops and animals from farmers as he walks around holding up the sky. Nobody but Colleen believes him. One day, she invites the kids in her class to a party. Her dad stops holding up the sky to play with the kids. A star falls on her house and another one burns her yard. What will it take for everyone to believe the truth?
A modern adaptation of the Hindu Tale with the same name. A little girl finds a monster under her bed. Her brother tells her there are no monsters. He wants her to keep him busy. He tells her she must give him jobs or he’ll eat her. He does her homework. He washes the dishes. He washes the dog. Finally she runs out of jobs, but she has to keep him busy. Her brother teases her. She tells the monster to get under her brother’s bed.
