The Amiable Giant

by Louis Slobodkin

Genres: Childrens

36 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Louis Slobodkin entered the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, where he studied drawing, composition, and sculpture, at the age of fifteen. In his six years there, he won over 20 medals for his work, and was awarded the Louis Tiffany Foundation Fellowship.

In 1927, Slobodkin married Florence Gersh, a poet and children's author. However, Slobodkin did not become involved in children's literature until 1941, when he illustrated The Moffats, by his friend Eleonor Estes.

In 1944, Louis Slobodkin won the Caldecott Medal for illustrating Many Moons, written by James Thurber.

During his career, Slobodkin illustrated nearly 90 books, 50 of which he also wrote. He and his wife collaborated on five books.

Reviews

[Ariel Cantaragiu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Demult, trăia un uriaș cumsecade, ca toti uriașii - intr-un castel mare, negru si întunecat. Câteodată se simțea singur si cobora in satul din vale. Oamenii se speriau si fugeau in casele lor. Uriașul nu înțelegea de ce se intampla asta. Dar intr-o zi s-a intamplat ceva uimitor.....

[Kari]

In reading reviews of retellings and new tellings of fairy tales and things like them, I'm reminded that I grew up with this story, and it's a much nicer story of this type than most of the books I see recommended and reviewed all over the place these days. Read this one instead of all those.

[Nicoleta · Rating 5 out of 5]

De la Editura Vlad, Cartea cu Genius

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 and a half stars