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When Alice makes a wish for something very big for her birthday, she never dreams that a one-eyed giant will appear at her house on the day of her birthday party. A hilarious fantasy sure to appeal to kids. Full-color illustrations.
Reviews (6)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-- Alice wakes up on her birthday to find a cyclops in her room. He is as surprised as she is, and the two attempt to send him home. After he makes a shambles of her birthday party, she takes him to the library where the librarian recites spells from a book of magic incantations. He disappears just as the men with the nets arrive. Alice closes her birthday with the giant's promise to return the following year. Kovalski's cheerful cartoons in bright pastel shades and tints create a cast of appealing-looking characters. The cyclops wears rubber flip-flops and a too-small T-shirt that doesn't cover his belly button. Alice is a skinny-legged little girl who can't keep her socks up. The librarian is the only adult to remain undaunted by the cyclops, gazing at him with interest. There are, however, weak spots in the text. Small Alice sleeps all night in her clothes on the living room sofa without her parents noticing, and they run away and leave her to deal with the giant on her own. The illustrations are amusing, but the story is less successful. --Ruth Semrau, Lovejoy School, Allen, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Alice is greeted by 'the biggest, ugliest, messiest looking one-eyed monster' on the morning of her seventh birthday. The giant, in thongs and tennis shirt, is quite endearing; it is difficult to imagine that he causes the havoc he does in the story. The illustrations are scratchy and ineffectual. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-6. Alice's premonition of "extraordinary" happenings on her birthday plays out in an unusual wish fulfillment when a colossal, one-eyed giant appears. Nameless, friendly (though his appearance at her birthday party results in chaos), mystified at being summoned, and desirous of returning home, the giant implores Alice's aid. They go to (where else?) the public library, where the resourceful Ms. McKracken consults a book of spells and magically sends the giant off to a mountain valley. All ends well in this lightweight story bolstered by the library scene, which story-hour children will enjoy. Loose pen-and-wash illustrations humorously reflect merriment gone awry and its spellbinding solution. --Phillis Wilson
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3-- Alice wakes up on her birthday to find a cyclops in her room. He is as surprised as she is, and the two attempt to send him home. After he makes a shambles of her birthday party, she takes him to the library where the librarian recites spells from a book of magic incantations. He disappears just as the men with the nets arrive. Alice closes her birthday with the giant's promise to return the following year. Kovalski's cheerful cartoons in bright pastel shades and tints create a cast of appealing-looking characters. The cyclops wears rubber flip-flops and a too-small T-shirt that doesn't cover his belly button. Alice is a skinny-legged little girl who can't keep her socks up. The librarian is the only adult to remain undaunted by the cyclops, gazing at him with interest. There are, however, weak spots in the text. Small Alice sleeps all night in her clothes on the living room sofa without her parents noticing, and they run away and leave her to deal with the giant on her own. The illustrations are amusing, but the story is less successful. --Ruth Semrau, Lovejoy School, Allen, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Alice is greeted by 'the biggest, ugliest, messiest looking one-eyed monster' on the morning of her seventh birthday. The giant, in thongs and tennis shirt, is quite endearing; it is difficult to imagine that he causes the havoc he does in the story. The illustrations are scratchy and ineffectual. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-6. Alice's premonition of "extraordinary" happenings on her birthday plays out in an unusual wish fulfillment when a colossal, one-eyed giant appears. Nameless, friendly (though his appearance at her birthday party results in chaos), mystified at being summoned, and desirous of returning home, the giant implores Alice's aid. They go to (where else?) the public library, where the resourceful Ms. McKracken consults a book of spells and magically sends the giant off to a mountain valley. All ends well in this lightweight story bolstered by the library scene, which story-hour children will enjoy. Loose pen-and-wash illustrations humorously reflect merriment gone awry and its spellbinding solution. --Phillis Wilson