The true tale of a giantess the story of Anna Swan
When Anna Swan came into the world, people chattered. They whispered over tea and gossiped across fences. Because even when she was small, Anna was ... tall. By the time she was four, she'd risen higher than a rain barrel. At six, she was taller than her mother. By ten, she towered over her father....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, ON :
Kids Can Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | When Anna Swan came into the world, people chattered. They whispered over tea and gossiped across fences. Because even when she was small, Anna was ... tall. By the time she was four, she'd risen higher than a rain barrel. At six, she was taller than her mother. By ten, she towered over her father. And still she grew, always feeling she did not fit into her world. But Anna had dreams that matched her height -- she imagined a life of travel and adventure. At seventeen, she moved to New York City to join P.T. Barnum's Gallery of Wonders. And it was there that Anna's world began to grow ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781771383769 1771383763 |
| Author Notes: | Marie Lafrance lives in Montreal, Quebec. She has provided illustrations for magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards and dozens of educational books for children. Now she primarily works on picture books, using her warm and gently humorous illustrations to delight and entertain children of all ages. |
