Giants Don't Go Snowboarding

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #33

by Debbie Dadey

Paperback, 76pp, First Edition, First Printing, November 1998.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Contemporary

Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Debbie Dadey is the author and co-author of 162 books for children, including the Mermaid Tales series from Simon and Schuster and the beloved Adventures of The Bailey School Kids from Scholastic. Ms. Dadey is a former teacher and librarian. Please like her at Facebook.com/debbiedadey.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Giants Don't Go Snowboarding starts with Liza's mom inviting them all to a ski lodge for vacation to learn how to snowboard for free .Here at Golden Egg Ski Lodge the kids meet this guy named Jack. Jack is kinda weird he has a cow bell around his neck ,his Christmas trees is decorated with cow ornaments and all of his furniture is cow printed. They notice pictures on the wall of a cow named Milky White. While talking to jack they find out that jack had to get rid of Milky White and he's sad about it. A few moments later, a man comes in he's huge and really tall. His name is Hugh Mongus. Hugh is not very bright. He doesn't know how to use the cash register and he tries even though everything is free.They get there snowboards behind a counter with a bunch of vines around it and go out to get started .Here they lose Hugh in the snow and see one of his footprints and it turns out all of the kids feet can fit inside one of his footprints. They come to the realization that Hugh is a giant and jack brought Hugh here and stole his hen to pay for his lodge.This is all I'm going to say as this book is very short but I will say I had fun with this one. It didn't end so abruptly like the other two that I've read and I really enjoyed the fairy tale aspect of this. It honestly made me want to read Jack And The Beanstalk. I'd probably still give this one another three out of five stars and I still don't think I liked it as much as Santa Doesn't Mop Floors, but it's close.

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book, I would love to me a character in this book because I like snowboarding. It was a good ending and would recommend reading it😊

[Josh Epp · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars!

Another fun one. The accents in this short story are so fun. The Giant made me laugh out loud with his commentary. Fun premise and enjoyable to read!

[Emmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've found that the Christmas Bailey School Kids stories tend to be the weakest ones. But, this was not half bad. Is Hugh actually a giant? Yes, and no. On the one hand, yeah, he's a really big guy. On the other hand, he's not going to flatten a city or eat the children. It was kind of funny, because Liza jumped to that conclusion pretty quickly, as in If Hugh loses his job, he's going to be hungry and come eat us which I thought was a real stretch--especially since Hugh gave no indication that he eats children, and you have characters like the camp counselor in Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp, who seemed like the sort of fella who would totally take a bite out of a juicy child. Still, it was a fun book. While the ending tried to be inconclusive, I'm pretty sure that Hugh Mungus (what a great name!) was not a real giant.

[Ken · Rating 3 out of 5]

God, I used to love this series when I was a kid. Recently, I've begun writing my own short stories, and one is partly inspired by the Bailey School Kids, so I thought I'd revisit the source material. I chose this one since it's winter right now, and found it actually held up. I actually laughed a couple of times, and I thought the references to "Jack and the Beanstalk" were clever. All-in-all, it was a nice way to spend an hour on a December night, especially as a way to scratch the nostalgia itch.

[paige turner ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay.

I felt bad for Hugh, it was obvious he needed some help and Jack didn't seem to really care about him at all. He seemed so nice to the kids too.

I also didn't really like the ending.

I don't know, it just seemed rather boring.

[J.B. Mathias · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was hoping for a unique giant story but this was more or less a rehash/tribute to jack and the bean stalk. I'm also beyond bored of the trope where the story reverses the role and makes the villain a good guy.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just okay.

[BookeryBliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

The collection of "The adventures of the Bailey School Kids" stories are among my all-time favorite children's books. Witty, mischievous and fun, these short and silly books continue to bring giggles to the young and old. Just as I have enjoyed them as a kid, my own children also love them today. I even catch myself re-reading them (alone) from time to time. What can I say? I guess I'll always be a BSK kid at heart.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

great when ur little

[Alice Cullen · Rating 4 out of 5]

good

[Jessica Van Vleet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book. Read it to my 7yo son. I don't think it understood completely what was going on, but I enjoyed the quick, fun read.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these all in while I was in middle school and loved them, giving them a 3.5-4.0 for my past 12 year old self.

[Seth · Rating 2 out of 5]

They went sledding in Liza's backyard.They got snowboarding lessons.Their teacher was clumsy. His name was Hugh. They thought Hugh was a giant.

[Georgia Hall]

maybe books from my childhood should remain in my childhood

[A ! · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Mellanie C]

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