The Giant Who Snored

PART OF THE Festivals ISSUE

‘This is the tale of a town far away / Where a curious story unfolded one day’

In this noisy story about being sound asleep, a gentle giant wreaks havoc – completely unwittingly – on a town with his incessant snoring. Many try to wake him, but no-one succeeds. As his deafening snoring thunders on, can anyone intervene and claim the reward?

Extract from The Giant Who Snored
By Mike Nicholson
Illustrated by Amy Lewis
Published by Little Door Books

The Giant Who Snored by Mike Nicholson, and illustrated by Amy Lewis, is published by Little Door Books in paperback on July 17th priced £6.99. Mike Nicholson will present The Giant Who Snored at Borders Book Festival on Sunday 18th June.

Mike Nicholson and author Alan Windram will also appear as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Baillie Gifford Schools Programme on 23rd August.

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