The Giants' Farm: A QUIX Book

By Jane Yolen and Tomie dePaola

From the bestselling and beloved team Jane Yolen and Tomie dePaola come the adventures of a family of hilarious and huge-hearted Giants in this series for Aladdin QUIX, a line of fun-to-read, short chapter books.

Meet Dazzle, Grizzle, Grub, Grab, and Dab, a family of giants who decide a farm would be the best place for them to live. Will this huge-hearted group be able call Fe-Fi-Fo Farm home sweet home?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Feb 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781534488595

Jane Yolen

Jane has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She sets the highest standard for the industry, not only in the meaningful body of work she has created, but also in her support of fellow authors and artists. Her books range from the bestselling How Do Dinosaurs series to the Caldecott winning Owl Moon to popular novels such as The Devil’s Arithmetic, Snow in Summer, and The Young Merlin Trilogy, to award-winning books of poetry such as Grumbles from the Forest, and A Mirror to Nature. In all, she has written over 335 books (she’s lost count), won numerous awards (one even set her good coat on fire), and has been given six honorary doctorates in literature. For more information, please visit www.janeyolen.com. 

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Cover: The Giants' Farm, by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Tomie dePaola

Quix Fast * Fun * Reads

The Giants’ Farm

Jane Yolen

Illustrations by Tomie dePaola

Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

But wait, there’s more!

If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

The Giants' Farm, by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Tomie dePaola, Aladdin

For Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Peter B. Tacy, who make me happy and give me room and time to write

—J. Y.

Cast of Characters

Grizzle: the biggest giant

Dazzle: the roundest giant

Grab: Grub’s twin

Grub: Grab’s twin

Little Dab: the smallest giant

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The Farm

Long ago