What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

In this children's book, the child hero (a girl I think, but I'm not sure) sets off on a journey to conquer a giant/ogre/something-or-other. She packs a bag with things that are not clear to come in handy (given to her?) such as a small jar of dirt and maybe a spoon and something else... Water? When she meets the ogre (or whatever), there is a series of seemingly impossible challenges. For instance, "you can't stand with one foot on your own soil and one on mine." But while he reaches with one foot over the mountains, she cleverly pours out the earth from the jar and puts one foot on it while standing with the other on his soil. And so on. She wins, of course.

maybe Molly and the Giant or The Lonesome Giant

Hi Monica. Thanks for the ideas. I looked into it and no, unfortunately neither book is the one. The search continues...

Maria

How old are the characters? Is it along the lines of East of the Sun West of the Moon tale where the main character needs to rescue their beloved from the giant/ogre?

Deborah wrote: "How old are the characters? Is it along the lines of East of the Sun West of the Moon tale where the main character needs to rescue their beloved from the giant/ogre?"

I don't think it's from East of the Sun... I'm not sure how old the child is, but I picture her around 9 years old. Someone else suggested Clever Beatrice, but that's not it either. (Similar idea, though!) In looking at it, I realized that it doesn't have elaborate illustrations like Clever Beatrice. I picture much "simpler" illustrations, not necessarily cartoonish, but more like that.

I think one of the challenges involves a spoon...

In East o' the Sun, she's older and trying to free her beloved from the trolls. There's no jar of earth, she has a golden apple, a spindle, and a carding comb.

Thanks, Jessica. That's definitely not it, then.

Yep. I'm somewhat of an expert on East o' the Sun!

Rezikiel, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

I was going to suggest Valiant, which is a retelling of The Brave Little Tailor, where the heroine challenges the giant to lots of contests and keeps winning by trickery. Valiant is too recent for your query but could your story be another retelling of that fairy tale?

Lobstergirl wrote: "Rezikiel, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"

No response in 2 years. Moving to Abandoned.

I'm really sorry. I missed all this. I did find it. Lucky and the Giant (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)

Great! Glad you found your book, Rezikiel. Thanks for the update.
Lucky and the Giant by Benjamin Elkin

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Decade old thread solved.....