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K-Gr 3 This tall tale from the north woods of Michigan recounts the exploits of a sassy and spirited but very poor little girl named Beatrice. She greets readers on the first page clad in a red dress and literally walks out of the illustration's frame in a way that indicates that she is clearly a heroine with whom to be reckoned. When the child asks her mother how she could earn money to improve their meager existence, her mother tells her about "A rich giant who loves to gamble on his o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, this is a winning tale of brain vs. brawn from the French-Canadian tradition, full of lively dialogue and situation. Young Beatrice, small but smart, ventures off into the far north woods to earn her fortune—specifically, to gamble with a rich but rather dim giant. Beatrice challenges "Mister Giant, Sir," to a contest. "Beatrice looked at the giant's cabin and pointed to his front door, a door as big as a boat, made of long planks of pine. Let us strike against your front door, we two. The hardest blow will win the bet.' Oh,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More