The true tale of a giantess : the story of Anna Swan / [written by] Anne Renaud ; [illustrated by] Marie Lafrance.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781771383769
- 1771383763
- Story of Anna Swan
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Swan, A. R395 | Available | 33111009296647 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When I was small, I was already big news, Anna Swan tells readers in this picture book biography. When she was born in Nova Scotia in 1846, people for miles around chattered about her. Because even when she was small, Anna was TREMENDOUS. At four years old, she was higher than a rain barrel. At six, she was taller than her mother, and by ten she towered over her father. Then, at age seventeen, Anna moved to New York City to be part of P. T. Barnum's Gallery of Wonders - and her life changed forever.
Includes bibliographical references.
When Anna Swan came into the world, people chattered. They whispered over tea and gossiped across fences. Because even when she was small, Anna was ... tall. By the time she was four, she'd risen higher than a rain barrel. At six, she was taller than her mother. By ten, she towered over her father. And still she grew, always feeling she did not fit into her world. But Anna had dreams that matched her height -- she imagined a life of travel and adventure. At seventeen, she moved to New York City to join P.T. Barnum's Gallery of Wonders. And it was there that Anna's world began to grow ...