THE GIANTS GO CAMPING
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Seabury 1979
ISBN# 0-8164-3223-6 Seabury hardcover
The 1970's was a time of a great upsurge in children's
publishing, and everyone was trying easy readers. This little
book--and its prequel THE GIANTS FARM--were both my entry into
that particular genre. The five giants live on Fe-Fi-Fo-Farm which
is what I wanted to call our farm when we first moved here. (We
ended up naming it Phoenix Farm, but at the urging of my children,
I used the other name in a book!) Tomie's pictures manage to look
like--Tomie! But the characters are really a metaphoric Yolen-Stemple
family. And boy, did we love to go camping--all over New England
mainly, but also down into West Virginia where David's family
still lived. This book was a Jr. Literary Guild selection.
