The Boy Who Fooled The Giant

Billy was a very little boy but he fooled the giant.

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

THE BOY GIANT tells the charming story of a little baby who just won't stop growing. He was born big - and just keeps getting bigger and bigger and BIGGER! But life soon gets lonely for the Boy Giant he has no friends and can't even give his mummy a hug. Will he ever find a friend? * * * * * * * * * * with a guest appearance from the President of the United States

A little boy outwits a giant and becomes his friend.

“We are dealing here with a living literature,” wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians. First published in 1942, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians. Opler conducted field work among the Chiricahuas in the American Southwest, as he had earlier among the Jicarillas. The result is a definitive collection of their myths. They range from an account of the world destroyed by water to descriptions of puberty rites and wonderful contests. The exploits of culture heroes involve the slaying of monsters and the assistance of Coyote. A large part of the book is devoted to the irrepressible Coyote, whose antics make cautionary tales for the young, tales that also allow harmless expression of the taboo. Other striking stories present supernatural beings and “foolish people.”

ROCCO THE GIANT BOY tells the story of a boy belonging to a tribe of giants, who learns, through an encounter with little people, that it is wiser to treat others with respect rather than with a show of force. The book will help guide children to an understanding of some of the principles underlying moral behavior.