A Book of Giants

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<tr><th>Illustrator</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Cover Artist</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Fairy Tales</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (hardcover)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>125 pp</td></tr>

**A Book of Giants**
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Released	1963

A Book of Giants is a 1963 anthology of 13 fairy tales from Europe that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. It was the first anthology to receive the familiar "A Book of..." title that Manning-Sanders would become notable for.

This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1962, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Some of tales from this book are recollected in A Choice of Magic (1971) by Manning-Sanders.

And in the foreward, Manning-Sanders discusses the long-ago roots of tales about giants: "The stories is this book are very old, and they come from many countries. We don't know who first told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk; but it has always been a favourite, and it used to be hawked around England in those little stitched-together pamphlets, called chapbooks, which travelling pedlars sold to the countryfolk for a penny or two each."

The author adds: "You will notice that the giants, wherever they come from, have one thing in common: they are all very stupid, and the way to overcome them is to use your wits."