Once I Was A Giant

When a picture-book maker runs out of stories, her pencil decides to tell its own. This luminous tale follows a green giant and a small wanderer whose friendship spans lifetimes. From the award-winning author of My Strange Shrinking Parents, this hopeful story celebrates our living natural world. It explores themes of interdependence, metamorphosis, and impermanence, inspired by scientific discoveries about how trees communicate, learn and feel. The book covers an individual tree's life and its deep bonds with the forest and creatures it nourishes, bringing trees vividly to life for young readers.