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Yaccarino, Dan

Giant Tess

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | April, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-267027-4 $17.99

(2) PS In Myth-hattan, there's dachshund-walking Medusa, business-suited centaurs, a fedora-wearing Minotaur...and giant human Tess, who knocks things over, eats too much, and just wants "to be like everyone else." Things look up when Tess befriends Smokey, a dragon whose size matches her own; together they enact a daring rescue when a parade balloon pulls the Cyclops-mayor into the sky. The fun is in the details of the jaunty retro-style brush, India-ink, and digital illustrations.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2019