Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson

This is I review Bryn & I wrote for the Guardian Family reviews

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Whenever I ask Bryn about this book his eyes get bigger and become shiny with excitement as he races to tell me all about Hilda, the little people and his favourites – the giants.
Hilda and the Midnight Giant is a stunning graphic novel, featuring a feisty blue haired heroine and a variety of strange wondrous creatures. Tiny elves are trying to evict Hilda and her mum from their home; it’s up to Hilda to try and make peace with them. In the meantime Hilda also befriends a giant who is all alone looking for his mate. The humour of the extreme worlds of miniature and gigantic is cleverly woven into an thrilling adventure.
Both Bryn and I both really enjoyed this book which works on lots of different levels. While he found it tricky at times to know which section of the page I was reading he loved there were so many amazing pictures to look at. He was also very taken with end pages which show a range of different giants, inspiring him to draw his own.

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