Once There Were Giants

Martin Waddell is widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary writers of books for young people. Twice winner of the Smarties Book Prize - for Farmer Duck and Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? he also won the Kurt Maschler Award for The Park in the Dark and the Best Books for Babies Award for Rosie's Babies. Among his many other titles are Owl Babies, Night Night, Cuddly Bear (also by Penny Dale) and A Kitten Called Moonlight. He was the Irish nominee for the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award. Penny Dale is one of this country's leading illustrators of children's books. For Walker she has illustrated The Stopwatch, Once There Were Giants, Rosie's Babies (shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal), The Mushroom Hunt and When the Teddy Bears Came (also by Martin Waddell), as well as her own stories, Bet You Can't!, Ten in the Bed. Ten Out of Bed, Ten Play Hide and Seek, The Elephant Tree and Wake Up, Mr B! (Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal).