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The True Tale of a Giantess

The Story of Anna Swan

Anne Renaud
3.5
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Pages
32
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
Kids Can Press

About

Anna Swan dreamed of a life as big as she was. "When I was small, I was already big news," begins this picture book biography of Anna Swan. "Because when I was small, I was already TREMENDOUS." Anna was thirteen pounds at her birth in Nova Scotia in 1846. She grew steadily until she was nearly eight feet tall, and never felt that she fit into her small country life. Then, at age seventeen, Anna moved to New York City to be part of P. T. Barnum's Gallery of Wonders - and her life changed forever. Fame, world travel, true love! This real-life giantess lived a real-life storybook adventure!

Related Subjects

  • Women
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Reviews

"... young readers' curiosity will be sparked by her unusual size, but they'll also relate to the theme of finding a place to fit in."
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"This book would be good to use with young children to show how even though some people may look different, everybody has a place."
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    Artists

    Anne RenaudAuthor
    Marie LaFranceAuthor