How Do You Feed a Hungry Giant?: A Munch-and-Sip Pop-Up Book (Munch-And-Sip Pop-Up Books) Hardcover – October 15, 2011

by Caitlin Friedman

Kids are never too young to learn about helping others—that when people are in need, the right thing to do is to step up.When a boy named Oscar discovers a giant—a very hungry giant holding a sign that says “Food Please”—in his backyard, he knows he can’t turn his back on him Yet it’s not easy feeding a hungry giant. A whole pizza disappears in a single gulp. Twelve blueberry muffins, 33 jars of peanut butter, 197 chocolate chip cookies—all just an appetizer. So what is little Oscar to do? Just how do you feed a hungry giant?In this warmly illustrated and interactive picture book, the reader gets to help Oscar feed the giant. But despite Oscar’s best efforts—he cleaned out the fridge AND the pantry!—the giant still remains hungry. That’s when mom comes to the rescue. She has eight great recipes, including Mega-Pigs in Blanket, Jumbo Fries, The Biggest Burger in the World, Ginormous Blueberry Muffin. Each serves one giant—or eight kids. Yes, the “feed a giant” recipes are included in the book, printed in a separate 8-page mini cookbook, and are ideal for a kid’s party.So how do you feed a hungry giant? With giant food. And a giant heart.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published October 15, 2011

Reviews

[NGU · Rating 4 out of 5]

The interactive nature of the book and the repetition makes this an engaging book for children. My son did struggle to focus on the story because of the flaps, but that’s just him! My daughter loved this book and glad my son enjoyed it too.

[Briana Lewellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very cute and touches on a child's imagination. My favorite part of the book was when the little boy fed the hungry giant 15 galloons of chocolate milk. This would be a funny read aloud to kids, maybe right before lunch as they are all hungry at that time.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why can't he feed himself?

[Lenore Webb · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandson's favorite was when we read "How Do You Feed A HUNGRY GIANT?" that was a pop-up book. And I have to agree as pop-up books were my favorites growing up too. This was even better when the giant stood up 3 times taller than the book. Pretty impressive. There is also a lil recipe book inside so you can also help feed the giant or your hoard of kiddos. We tried out the Jumbo Fries (aka sweet potato fries) but we changed out the curry for cinnamon. The kids loved them while at the same time sweet potatoes are abundant at this time of year. It was also easy to explain to the kiddos using the book how important it is to help others out.

[Jeana · Rating 3 out of 5]

How Do You Feed A Hungry Giant is a large pop-up and lift a flap book. I liked this book. The story line, illustrations and activities were fun. I shared it with my five year old niece who loved opening the little flaps and extras. I found a larger story inside this book as we need to be aware to the "Giant" called hunger and help to feed it. Even one person can make a difference.

My only concern is for durability as with the first reading my niece split one of the lift a flap layers with her finger nail in effort to open it. A tab for the lift a flaps would have been helpful.

[Margaret Chind · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this is fun and funny. Oh what little kiddos will do when unsupervised. At least his heart is in the right place. I have always liked pull-the-tab and lift-the-flap books. Now I am excited to have this one to share with my daughter. She is already amused and shouts "let me do it!" to make the giant grow. All in all, you gotta love a book that understands the importance of a mama. *wink*

*Thanks to Workman for providing a copy for review.*

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so excited to win a copy from First Reads! Such a fun interactive book. The story is cute as are the illustrations. The pull tabs and flaps were entertaining - especially the sipping through a straw! And the recipe book that is included is sure to be a hit with my son who will be getting this book in his stocking this year.

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this pop-up/flip book. Wouldn't do well in a library (all the pieces would get torn with use), but I really enjoyed this one. It made me laugh and want to read parts out loud. And I loved the secondary comments from the dog.

[Jackie Zimmermann · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an adorable little tale! I found the quips from the dog to be especially entertaining. I can't wait to share this with the little ones in my life.

[Christine Jensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book, read my full review here: http://www.outnumbered3-1.com/2011/12...

[Gcl3995 · Rating 5 out of 5]

i gave this book to my daughter,and she loves.She has read it over 10 times already.I recommend this book for kids of any age

[Wsclai · Rating 4 out of 5]

A colourful and funny pop-up books for kids but I expected more pop-ups.