{"product_id":"once-i-was-a-giant-1","title":"Once I was a Giant","description":"\u003cb\u003e2026 ABIA WINNER BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 ABIA WINNER CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR (AGES 0-6)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 VPLA WINNER CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 CBCA WINNER PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 ABA SHORTLISTED KIDS' READING GUIDE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED BRAW AMAZING BOOKSHELF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 QLA SHORTLISTED CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 HIII ILLUSTRATION INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK C-1 AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 ABDA SHORTLISTED BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A picture book that transcends age, extending the idea of what picture books are and who they are for.'\u003cbr\u003e- ABIA Judges' comments, Book of the Year 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hopeful and poetic.' \u003cbr\u003e- The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.......................................................................................................................................\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a picture-book maker runs out of stories, his pencil decides it's time to tell her own...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'My first memories were of darkness and reaching for sunlight. My roots connected me to everything. I was small but I \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewas also the forest.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the story of a green giant and a small wanderer who formed a friendship that spanned lifetimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMy Strange Shrinking Parents\u003c\/i\u003e comes a luminescent and hopeful tale about our living natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.......................................................................................................................................\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Zeno: This is a book where the tree is the protagonist and hero. As we all tumble towards an increasingly digital, atomised and urbanised world I wanted to make a story about the natural world that touches on ideas of interdependence, metamorphosis and impermanence. Trees make all of our lives possible but they are often absent from stories because we tend to only care and feel for characters that are like us. This story aims to bring trees alive for young people by telling an imaginative story rooted in recent scientific discoveries about the social lives of trees and their abilities to communicate, learn and feel. The story covers the entire span of an individual tree's life and the intimate relationships it shares with the forest and the creatures that it nourishes and houses.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51505261641764,"sku":"9781760766474","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781760766474.jpg?v=1789674616","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/once-i-was-a-giant-1","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}