The Giant of Ginger Hill BIG BOOK

The Giant of Ginger Hill is a humorous fantasy.  The giant loves his walks but causes no end of trouble until Sadie the shopkeeper gives him just the right footwear to please everyone. Several repeating language patterns tell the story in dialogue and simple narrative.

The story has a problem-solution structure.  A variety of sentence types are used.  Quotation marks, exclamation marks, question marks, apostrophes, and commas are used. Bold face is used for emphasis.  Humorous illustrations support the text directly and add meaning. 

The contraction can’t is used.  The compound words everywhere and anywhere are used.  Singular/plural pairs include hole/holes and boot/boots.  The homonyms to/too appear.  Interest words include stamping, tramping, thunderation, moaned, groaned, slapping, flapping, pitter, and patter.

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