“You are not rooted to one spot,” my husband said. But I got to the point of actually catching some with my eyes open. I saw my mom get her lip split open as a kid and the balls scare me. I spent the rest of the day yesterday with my family. There is still so much work to be done, but I’m feeling lighter.

After several hours it started to release its hold. I realized that I was holding so much anger and resentment. What came out was anger. Lots and lots of anger.Īt times I stomped the floor so hard that my feet hurt. I went with the intention of releasing some of it. Sunday was another dancing morning for me and I went thinking about fear. Inner-strength, love and light are my weapons. The giant is making lots of sounds but I’m moving forward anyway. My fear that I will never be happy because I don’t really deserve it. My fear that allowing myself this space and time to heal is selfish. My fear that when I speak my truth I will be laughed at. My fear that when people get to know me they will leave. Some came back multiple times to conquer their fear.Īs I watched this play out over and over, I realized how much I am running from my own fears. He would occasionally wake or say something scary. The giant was making sounds and shifting in his sleep. I watched as one by one they did, indeed, gather their courage and enter the house. The children would then sneak into the giant’s house and grab a stone. This is the story that I and others read to the children on Saturday at our school’s annual Harvest Festival. You will need to gather your inner-strength, courage and light to lead you through the task. You must sneak into the giants home while he sleeps and steal back the dragon tears one by one. This giant prefers darkness, fear and loneliness and he loves to scare little children. A horrible, mean giant stole all the tears. As the children entered the darkness of winter, these precious stones would serve to remind them of the love, light and friendship they share.īut this year something dreadful happened. He would give them one of his tears to keep. The children befriended the dragon and he no longer was lonely.įor years the children would return each Autumn to the woods and visit the dragon. Each tear turned into a precious stone as it hit the ground. Although frightened by the sound, the children gathered their courage and found a lonely dragon crying. This activity can increase their creativity and team working skills.The children were playing on the edge of the woods when then heard loud sobbing. In addition, this book can also be used in a classroom where students are provide with only a partial amount of the story for example, after the angry giant stomped his feet, how did the villagers feel? Request pupils to work together to create a spider diagram/bullet point of feelings and emotions the villagers could have felt. The reader could use hand gestures such as crying or stomping his/her feet like a giant. The teacher can apply different voices to each character to grab pupils’ attention and provide a better experience. The book has great visual illustrations which provide the teacher material to ask children question about their understanding. This book is aimed at ages 7 and onwards and can be read aloud in a classroom. The book reinforces the idea of kindness to each other, and that kind acts such as mending houses is appreciated by the villagers. I found this story very enjoyable because it shows us regardless of being big or small, we all have feelings and we can all get upset. Did they live peacefully after all? Did the angry giant help the villagers? The giant was lectured by Kipper to treat village people nicely so that the villagers would be nice back. Upon the giants return, the giant stumbled on a rock and injured himself, little did he know that kipper was going to help him treat his injury. Kipper displayed gratitude and helped villagers mend their houses. Sympathy was felt by the villagers and had accepted Kipper to stay. Kipper was not welcome and had cried due to the obstacles thrown at him. The villagers were overwhelmed as they already had one giant, now there are two. Kipper teleported to the village as a result of the glowing magical key, he was in the form of a giant which caused another issue. The book follows the dreadful events caused by a giant in a village, for example “when the giant was cross he stamped his feet and the houses shook”. ‘Kipper The Giant’ is a book written by Rodrick Hunt and Alex Brychta aimed at children aged 7-11.

Angry giant stomping